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Where does “strekkian” come from?

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

strekkian (Old Saxon): to stretch

Definitions

  1. to stretch

Ancestry of “strekkian”, 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 “strekkian”

  • sträcka
  • utsträcka
  • utsträckning
  • kuststräcka
  • raksträcka
  • motorvägssträcka
  • strekke
  • utstrekning
  • strekning
  • strecken
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