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Where does “traht” come from?

traht (Old English) comes from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

traht (Old English): text, passage, exposition, treatise, commentary

Definitions

  1. text, passage, exposition, treatise, commentary

Ancestry of “traht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
2Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
4Proto-Italictraɣō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “traht”

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