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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*striki—
4Proto-Germanicstrikizline
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “Strich”

  • штрих
  • Eichstrich
  • Bruchstrich
  • Pinselstrich
  • Strichfarbe
  • Strichmännchen
  • Beistrich
  • Silbenstrich
  • Querstrich
  • Bindestrich
  • Gedankenstrich
  • strichpunktiert
  • штрихерица
  • штрих
  • štriherica
  • štrih
  • strichel
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