Where does “estrènyer-li” come from?
estrènyer-li (Catalan) comes from Catalan li, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
estrènyer-li (Catalan): to beat it, to scram
Ancestry of “estrènyer-li”, step by step
estrènyer-li traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan li
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | li | him, her, it |
| 2 | Latin | illī | found in |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Catalan estrènyer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | estrènyer | to tighten, draw in, narrow |
| 2 | Latin | stringō | to draw tight together, to tie together |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | stringō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |