Where does “trecken” come from?

trecken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

trecken (Middle Dutch): to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another...

Definitions

  1. to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another...

Ancestry of “trecken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtrecken—
2Proto-West Germanic*trakkjanto drag
3Proto-Germanictrakjanąto drag
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “trecken”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →