Where does “sultestrejke” come from?

sultestrejke (Danish) comes from Danish strejke, from English strike, from Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Frankish strīkan, from Proto-Germanic strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

sultestrejke (Danish): hunger strike

Definitions

  1. hunger strike

Ancestry of “sultestrejke”, step by step

sultestrejke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish strejke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstrejkestrike refusal to work
2EnglishstrikeTo delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate;...
3Middle Englishstrykento strike
4Old Englishstrīcanto stroke, pass lightly over the surface, smooth,...
5Frankishstrīkanto move or pass one thing over another, strike;...
6Proto-Germanicstrīkanąto stroke, to rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

via Danish sulte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsulteto hunger, starve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter-Every word from Proto-Indo-European streyg-Every word from Proto-Germanic strīkaną