Where does “Hungerstreik” come from?
Hungerstreik (German) comes from German streik, 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...
Hungerstreik (German): hunger strike
Definitions
- hunger strike
Ancestry of “Hungerstreik”, step by step
Hungerstreik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German streik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | streik | singular imperative of streiken; first-person... |
| 2 | English | strike | To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate;... |
| 3 | Middle English | stryken | to strike |
| 4 | Old English | strīcan | to stroke, pass lightly over the surface, smooth,... |
| 5 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
via German hunger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hunger | inflection of hungern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | hunger | famine |
| 3 | Old High German | hungar | hunger |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hungr | hunger |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hungruz | hunger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hunhruz | Alternative form of *hungruz |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |