Where does “étriver” come from?

étriver (French) comes from Old French estriver, from Frankish strīban, from Proto-Germanic strībaną, from Proto-Indo-European streybʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

étriver (French): to tie together two ropes with a third

Definitions

  1. to tie together two ropes with a third

Ancestry of “étriver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestriverto compete; to argue; to dispute; to get into an...
2Frankishstrībanto exert, to make an effort
3Proto-Germanicstrībanąto be stiff; stiffen; to exert; make an effort
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstreybʰ-to be stiff
5Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European streybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic strībaną →