Etymology

thrack

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Middle English *threkken ← Old English þryccan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromþryccan“to press, oppress, afflict”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*threkken
  3. English todaythrack

From Middle English *threkken, thrucchen, from Old English þryccan (“to press, oppress, afflict”). More at thrutch.

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