Where does “særtrekk” come from?
særtrekk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål trekk, from Norwegian Bokmål trekke, from Middle Low German trecken, from Old Saxon trekkian, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
særtrekk (Norwegian Bokmål): a characteristic, distinctive / distinguishing feature
Definitions
- a characteristic, distinctive / distinguishing feature
Ancestry of “særtrekk”, step by step
særtrekk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål trekk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | trekk | migration; a feature, a trait; a move |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | trekke | to pull; to subtract; to draw |
| 3 | Middle Low German | trecken | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | trekkian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Norwegian Bokmål sær
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sær | — |