Where does “streċċan” come from?

streċċan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

streċċan (Old English): to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out,...

Definitions

  1. to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out,...

Ancestry of “streċċan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
2Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

Words derived from “streċċan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan →