Where does “トラックパッド” come from?

トラックパッド (Japanese) comes from English trackpad, from English track, from Middle English trak, from Old French trac, from Middle Dutch treck, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.

トラックパッド (Japanese): a trackpad

Definitions

  1. a trackpad

Ancestry of “トラックパッド”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtrackpadtouchpad
2EnglishtrackA mark left by something that has passed along; A...
3Middle Englishtrak—
4Old Frenchtractrack of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,...
5Middle Dutchtreck—
6Old Dutchtrecken—
7Proto-West Germanic*trakkjanto drag
8Proto-Germanictrakjanąto drag
9Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →