Where does “Strich” come from?

Strich (German) comes from Middle High German strich, from Old High German strih, from Proto-West Germanic *striki, from Proto-Germanic strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Strich (German): stroke; line; the direction to which hairs, or...

Definitions

  1. stroke; line; the direction to which hairs, or...

Ancestry of “Strich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrich—
2Old High Germanstrih—
3Proto-West Germanic*strikiline
4Proto-Germanicstrikizline
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European streyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic strikiz →