Where does “tras” come from?
tras (Middle English) comes from Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, from Old French trac, from Middle Dutch treck, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
tras (Middle English): Alternative form of tracen
Definitions
- Alternative form of tracen
Ancestry of “tras”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tracen | To go along a set route; to follow an itinerary... |
| 2 | Old French | tracer | — |
| 3 | Old French | trac | track of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | treck | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |