Where does “strakkjan” come from?

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

strakkjan (Proto-West Germanic): to stretch, to make straight

Definitions

  1. to stretch, to make straight

Ancestry of “strakkjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

Words derived from “strakkjan”

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