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
- to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another...
Ancestry of “trecken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “trecken”