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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trekaną →