Where does “strenge” come from?

strenge (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic strangijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengthʰ-.

Ancestry of “strenge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstrangijaztight, tense
2Proto-Indo-European*strengthʰ-

Words derived from “strenge

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *strengthʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic strangijaz