Where does “tricotage” come from?
tricotage (French) comes from French tricot, from French tricoter, from Middle French tricoter, from Old French tricoter, from Old French trique, from Old French estrique, from Middle Dutch strîken, from Old Saxon strikan — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
tricotage (French): knitting
Ancestry of “tricotage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tricot | knitting; sweater, jumper; sea krait |
| 2 | French | tricoter | to knit |
| 3 | Middle French | tricoter | — |
| 4 | Old French | tricoter | to beat with sticks |
| 5 | Old French | trique | stick, game played with sticks |
| 6 | Old French | estrique | baton; stick; beam |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | strîken | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | strikan | to stroke |
| 9 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |