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Where does “Strafe” come from?

Strafe (German) comes from Middle High German strāfe, from Proto-Germanic *strēpōn.

Ancestry of “Strafe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrāfe—
2Proto-Germanic*strēpōn—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *strēpōn →