Where does “strecken” come from?
strecken (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon strekkian, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.
Ancestry of “strecken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | strekkian | to stretch |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | strakkjan | to stretch, to make straight |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)treg- | rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong |
Words derived from “strecken”