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Where does “strippen” come from?

strippen (Middle English) comes from Old English strīepan, from Proto-Germanic strēpōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter(h₁)- — to be stiff; be rigid; exert.

Ancestry of “strippen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstrīepanplunder
2Proto-Germanicstrēpōną—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ter(h₁)-to be stiff; be rigid; exert
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