Where does “trekke” come from?
trekke (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian trekka, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
trekke (West Frisian): to pull
Ancestry of “trekke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | trekka | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |