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Where does “streiten” come from?

streiten (German) comes from Old High German strītan, from Proto-Germanic strīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European streydʰh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

streiten (German): to argue; to fight; to quarrel

Definitions

  1. to argue; to fight; to quarrel

Ancestry of “streiten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstrītan—
2Proto-Germanicstrīdanąto stand upright; to step up to; to endeavour;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstreydʰh₁-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “streiten”

  • streitig
  • erstreiten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →