Where does “streg” come from?

streg (Danish) comes from Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki, from Proto-Germanic strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

streg (Danish): line, rule; stroke; dash

Definitions

  1. line, rule; stroke; dash

Ancestry of “streg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstreke—
2Old Saxonstriki—
3Proto-West Germanic*strikiline
4Proto-Germanicstrikizline
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “streg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European streyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic strikiz →