Where does “trakt” come from?
trakt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Danish tragt, from Middle Low German trechtäre, from Old Saxon trahtari, from Proto-Germanic *trahtārī, from Latin tractārius, from Latin traiectorium, from Latin trāiciō, from Latin trāditiō — shoe.
trakt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a funnel; a cavity in the approximate shape of a...
Definitions
- a funnel; a cavity in the approximate shape of a...
Ancestry of “trakt”, step by step
trakt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish tragt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tragt | funnel |
| 2 | Middle Low German | trechtäre | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | trahtari | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *trahtārī | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractārius | — |
| 6 | Latin | traiectorium | funnel |
| 7 | Latin | trāiciō | to throw, cast or hurl across or over |
| 8 | Latin | trāditiō | a surrender, delivering up |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
via Latin tractus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 2 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |