Trek
mid 19th century: from South African Dutch trek (noun), trekken (verb) ‘pull, travel’.
wiktionary
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-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną(“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg-(“to drag, scrape”).
etymonline
trek
1849 (n.) "a stage of a journey by ox wagon;" 1850 (v.), "to travel or migrate by ox wagon," from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken "to march, journey," originally "to draw, pull," from Middle Dutch trecken (cognate with Middle Low German trecken, Old High German trechan "to draw"). Especially in reference to the Groot Trek (1835 and after) of more than 10,000 Boers, who, discontented with the English colonial authorities, left Cape Colony and went north and north-east. In general use as a noun by 1941. Related: Trekked; trekking.
