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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/trachten

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
trachten
Friedrich Kluge2509022An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — trachten1891John Francis Davis

trachten, vb., ‘to aim (at), aspire (to),’ from MidHG. trahten, OHG. trahtôn, wk. vb., ‘to think, esteem, consider, strive, invent, excogitate’; corresponding to Du. trachten, AS. trahtian. Based on Lat. tractare, ‘to treat, reflect on,’ whence Ital. trattare, Fr. traiter, ‘to treat.’ The genuine Teut. origin of OHG. trahtôn is undoubted, hence it has been thought to be primit. allied to Gr. δέρκομαι, Sans. dṛç, ‘to see.’