Where does “strac” come from?

strac (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch strak, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, from Proto-Indo-European streg-.

strac (Middle Dutch): tight, taut

Definitions

  1. tight, taut

Ancestry of “strac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstrak—
2Proto-Germanic*strakaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstreg-—

Words derived from “strac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European streg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *strakaz →Every word from Old Dutch strak →