Where does “skitrekk” come from?
skitrekk (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.
skitrekk (Norwegian Bokmål): a ski tow
Definitions
- a ski tow
Ancestry of “skitrekk”, step by step
skitrekk 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 ski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ski | a ski |
| 2 | Danish | ski | — |
| 3 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ski | a ski |
| 4 | Old Norse | skíð | stick of wood, snowshoe; split wood, wooden... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skīdą | piece of wood, billet, board |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |