Where does “tiltrekke” come from?
tiltrekke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål til, from Norwegian Bokmål flukt, from Middle Low German vlucht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
tiltrekke (Norwegian Bokmål): to attract, draw
Definitions
- to attract, draw
Ancestry of “tiltrekke”, step by step
tiltrekke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål til
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | til | to |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | flukt | flight, escape |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via Norwegian Bokmål trekke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | trekke | to pull; to subtract; to draw |
| 2 | Middle Low German | trecken | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | trekkian | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |