Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “trekan” come from?

trekan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic trekaną, from Proto-Indo-European dreg- — to pull; to drag, scrape.

trekan (Old Dutch): to move, drag

Definitions

  1. to move, drag

Ancestry of “trekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictrekanąto push; to drag; to scratch
2Proto-Indo-Europeandreg-to pull; to drag, scrape

Words derived from “trekan”

  • trigger
  • treachery
  • trek
  • Voortrekker
  • triggerfish
  • triggerman
  • trekker
  • treacher
  • tricker
  • pretrigger
  • retrigger
  • triggerable
  • triggerless
  • trekschuit
  • treckschuyt
  • triggerlike
  • triggerer
  • triggery
  • trigatron
  • aerotrekker
  • triggerwoman
  • Trekverse
  • phototrigger
  • trigger-happy
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