Proto-Indo-European

*dreg-

‘to drag, scrape’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dreg-.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dreg-, most familiar first.

• trigger ← trekker ← trekken ← trecken ← *trecken
• trek ← trekken ← trekken ← *trekkan ← *trekan

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dreg-