Where does “sträcka” come from?

sträcka (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish strækkia, from Middle Low German strecken, from Old Saxon strekkian, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

sträcka (Swedish): a stretch, a distance; to stretch

Definitions

  1. a stretch, a distance; to stretch

Ancestry of “sträcka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishstrækkiato stretch
2Middle Low Germanstrecken—
3Old Saxonstrekkianto stretch
4Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
5Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

Words derived from “sträcka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan →Every word from Old Saxon strekkian →