Where does “treke” come from?

treke (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.

treke (Middle Dutch): a drawing, draft, delineation, feature,...

Definitions

  1. a drawing, draft, delineation, feature,...

Ancestry of “treke”, 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
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →