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["Ishinan" <ishinan AT comcast.net>]

 Takb 53 wrote: "No need to thank me. It is my pleasure to help others on their derecha (path)"

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Ishinan: Interesting in your response, is the use of  "derecha"  (sic) which I presume you mean 'derek' from 'darak'; a road (as trodden) hence a  pathway, as in Prov 12:28.

In Hebrew: from 'darak'  a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb:--along, away, because of,  by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-so ever).

 

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Arabic has two cognates 'T.rq' and 'drg' (actually both are variations of two dialects in Old Arabic)

The first: T.rq  

Al-T.ariyq: the road, way, path, track.

والطَّرِيقُ طَّريق السبيل، تذكَّر وتؤنث؛ تقول: الطَّريق الأَعظم والطَّريق العُظْمَى، وكذلك السبيل، والجمع أَطْرِقة وطُرُق

وطريقة الرجل: مَذْهبه. يقال: ما زال فلان على طَرِيقة واحدة أَي على حالة واحدة
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طُرُق   طَّريقا

 

He made a road plane, or even, so people travelled on it (or beat it with their feet) in their passage.

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The second 'drg'.

درج الي شئ

to draw near .

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أَدْرَجَ الدَّلْوَ: مَتَحَ بها في رِفْقٍ،

to draw gently, pull
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ودَرَجَتِ الريح: تركت نَمانِمَ في الرَّمْلِ

Darag al-riyH.: the wind left marks (tracks) or lines upon the sand

ودَرَجُ السَّيْلِ ومَدْرَجُه: مُنْحَدَرُه وطريقُه في مَعاطف الأَوْدِيةِ

جمع دَرَجٍ وهو الطريق

مَدْرَجٌ ومَدْرَجَةٌ ودَرَجٌ، وجمعه أَدْراجٌ أَي مَمَرٌّ ومَذْهَبٌ

درج :darg: a way, road a path, a course or a route  from  "drg" he went on foot (step by step)

 

 

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The semitic words were eventually borrowed into various Germanic languages: track (v.) "to follow or trace the footsteps of," 1560s, from track (n.). Related: Tracked; tracking. Middle Low German trecken, Old High German trechan "to draw".

 

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Ishinan Ishibashi