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Where does “אויסטראַכטן” come from?

אויסטראַכטן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish טראַכטן, from Middle High German trahten, from Old High German trahtōn, from Proto-Germanic trahtōną, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

אויסטראַכטן (Yiddish): to think up, make up, devise, invent

Definitions

  1. to think up, make up, devise, invent

Ancestry of “אויסטראַכטן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishטראַכטןto think; plural of טראַכט
2Middle High Germantrahtenconsider, think about, pay attention to, keep in...
3Old High Germantrahtōn—
4Proto-Germanictrahtōną—
5Latintractō—
6Latin-tō—
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
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