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Where does “trahten” come from?

trahten (Middle High German) comes from Old High German trahtōn, from Proto-Germanic trahtōną, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

trahten (Middle High German): consider, think about, pay attention to, keep in...

Definitions

  1. consider, think about, pay attention to, keep in...

Ancestry of “trahten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantrahtōn—
2Proto-Germanictrahtōną—
3Latintractō—
4Latin-tō—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “trahten”

  • trachten
  • אויסטראַכטן
  • טראַכטן
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