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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...

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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...
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