Where does “trekk” come from?
trekk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
trekk (Norwegian Bokmål): migration; a feature, a trait; a move
Definitions
- migration; a feature, a trait; a move
Ancestry of “trekk”, step by step
| 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 |