Where does “trekkraft” come from?

trekkraft (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.

trekkraft (Norwegian Bokmål): pulling power, pulling force, tractive force

Definitions

  1. pulling power, pulling force, tractive force

Ancestry of “trekkraft”, step by step

trekkraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål trekk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltrekkmigration; a feature, a trait; a move
2Norwegian Bokmåltrekketo pull; to subtract; to draw
3Middle Low Germantrecken—
4Old Saxontrekkian—
5Proto-Germanictrakjanąto drag
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via Norwegian Bokmål kraft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkrafta force; power; i kraft - in force
2Old Norsekraptrstrength
3Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →