Where does “striga” come from?

striga (Italian) comes from Italian strigare, from Italian stricare, from Latin extrico, from Latin tricae, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

striga (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “striga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianstrigareTo unravel
2Italianstricare—
3LatinextricoI disentangle, extricate, free
4Latintricaetrifles, toys, trumpery; hindrances, impediments
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin tricae →Every word from Latin extrico →