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Where does “trukijan” come from?

trukijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European derew-, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

trukijan (Proto-West Germanic): to fail, miss, lack

Definitions

  1. to fail, miss, lack

Ancestry of “trukijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanderew-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
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