Proto-West Germanic
*strakkjan
‘to stretch’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan, most familiar first.
- straight ← streight ← strecchen ← streċċan
- stretch ← strecchen ← streċċan
- stretching ← strecchinge ← streċċende ← *strakkjandī
- straught ← streahte ← streċċan
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Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan