Where does “strekke” come from?

strekke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German strecken, from Old Saxon strekkian, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

strekke (Norwegian Bokmål): to stretch

Definitions

  1. to stretch

Ancestry of “strekke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstrecken—
2Old Saxonstrekkianto stretch
3Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
4Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

Words derived from “strekke”

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