Where does “Streit” come from?

Streit (German) comes from Middle High German strīt, from Old High German strīt, from Proto-West Germanic *strīd, from Proto-Germanic strīdaz — battle, fight.

Streit (German): quarrel, dispute, fight, argument; fight, battle

Definitions

  1. quarrel, dispute, fight, argument; fight, battle

Ancestry of “Streit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrīt—
2Old High Germanstrītdiscord
3Proto-West Germanic*strīd—
4Proto-Germanicstrīdazbattle, fight

Words derived from “Streit”

Every word from Proto-Germanic strīdaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *strīd →Every word from Old High German strīt →