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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonstrekkianto stretch
2Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
3Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

Words derived from “strecken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan →Every word from Old Saxon strekkian →