Where does “strigare” come from?

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

strigare (Italian): To unravel

Definitions

  1. To unravel

Ancestry of “strigare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstricare—
2LatinextricoI disentangle, extricate, free
3Latintricaetrifles, toys, trumpery; hindrances, impediments
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “strigare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin tricae →Every word from Latin extrico →