Where does “Drécker” come from?
Drécker (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish drécken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.
Drécker (Luxembourgish): printer; printer, printing machine
Definitions
- printer; printer, printing machine
Ancestry of “Drécker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | drécken | to push, to press; to push down, to reduce; to... |
| 2 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |