Where does “utstrekke” come from?

utstrekke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål strekke, 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.

utstrekke (Norwegian Bokmål): to stretch, extend, or reach out

Definitions

  1. to stretch, extend, or reach out

Ancestry of “utstrekke”, step by step

utstrekke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål strekke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstrekketo stretch
2Middle Low Germanstrecken—
3Old Saxonstrekkianto stretch
4Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
5Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

via Norwegian Bokmål ut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålutout; get out!
2Old Norseútout
3Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “utstrekke”

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