Where does “Strof” come from?

Strof (Hunsrik) comes from German Strophe, from Latin stropha, from Ancient Greek στροφή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Strof (Hunsrik): punishment, penalty

Definitions

  1. punishment, penalty

Ancestry of “Strof”, step by step

Strof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Strophe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStrophestanza; verse
2Latinstrophastrophe
3Ancient Greekστροφήturning; revolving; twisting
4Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Middle High German strāfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrāfe
2Proto-Germanic*strēpōn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ