Where does “Streitfrage” come from?

Streitfrage (German) comes from German Frage, from Middle High German vrāge, from Old High German frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Streitfrage (German): issue, dispute

Definitions

  1. issue, dispute

Ancestry of “Streitfrage”, step by step

Streitfrage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Frage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFragequestion; question, issue; question, doubt
2Middle High Germanvrāge—
3Old High Germanfrāgaquestion
4Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
5Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via German Streit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStreitquarrel, dispute, fight, argument; fight, battle
2Middle High Germanstrīt—
3Old High Germanstrītdiscord
4Proto-West Germanic*strīd—
5Proto-Germanicstrīdazbattle, fight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →