Where does “abstrakt” come from?
abstrakt (Norwegian) comes from Swedish abstrakt, from Finnish abstrakti, from Latin abstractus, from Latin abstrahere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.
Ancestry of “abstrakt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | abstrakt | abstract, "i.e." not concrete; an abstract noun... |
| 2 | Finnish | abstrakti | abstract |
| 3 | Latin | abstractus | drawn away from, having been drawn away from;... |
| 4 | Latin | abstrahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |