Where does “treghaft” come from?

treghaft (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch trego, from Proto-West Germanic *tregō, from Proto-Germanic tregô, from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- — to be unwilling, vexed.

treghaft (Old Dutch): sad

Definitions

  1. sad

Ancestry of “treghaft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtregogrief
2Proto-West Germanic*tregō—
3Proto-Germanictregôgrief, pain
4Proto-Indo-Europeandreǵʰ-to be unwilling, vexed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tregô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tregō →