Where does “targijaną” come from?

targijaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European deregʰ- — to pull, tug, irritate.

targijaną (Proto-Germanic): to pull; yank; tug; tease; to irritate

Definitions

  1. to pull; yank; tug; tease; to irritate

Ancestry of “targijaną”, step by step

targijaną traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European deregʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanderegʰ-to pull, tug, irritate

via Proto-Indo-European derHgʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanderHgʰ-to tug, to stretch; to pluck

Words derived from “targijaną

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deregʰ-