Etymology

trek

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Today it means: A journey by ox wagon. Full definition →

Afrikaans trek ← Dutch trekken
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  1. Dutchtrekken
  2. Afrikaanstrek
  3. English todaytrek

From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).

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