Words that come from Proto-Germanic “strangiz”

96 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Germanic strangiz — including string, strings, hamstring, stringy, substring, bowstring, stringer, shoestring.

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English (56)

Irish (6)

Galician (3)

German (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle High German (3)

Icelandic (2)

French (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Dutch (1)

Swedish (1)

Old Irish (1)

Manx (1)

Faroese (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Russian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Old French (1)

Portuguese (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old English (1)

Frankish (1)

Old High German (1)