Where does “strokingly” come from?
strokingly (English) comes from English stroking, from English stroke, from Middle English stroke, from Middle English strok, from Old English strāc, from Scots straik, from Proto-Germanic straikaz, from Proto-Indo-European streyg- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
strokingly (English): With a stroking motion
Ancestry of “strokingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stroking | present participle of stroke; The act by which... |
| 2 | English | stroke | An act of stroking; A blow or hit; A single... |
| 3 | Middle English | stroke | Any striking or hitting motion; The force of... |
| 4 | Middle English | strok | Alternative form of stroke; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old English | strāc | stroke |
| 6 | Scots | straik | A stroke, a blow; To stroke |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | straikaz | A stroke, line, dash |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |