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Where does “strāfen” come from?

strāfen (Middle High German) comes from Proto-Germanic strēpōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter(h₁)- — to be stiff; be rigid; exert.

Ancestry of “strāfen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “strāfen”

  • strafe
  • strafer
  • strafwürdig
  • bestrafen
  • Abstrafung
  • strafbar
  • abstrafen
  • strafen
  • gestraft
  • ungestraft
  • bestraffen
  • afstraffing
  • straffen
  • afstraffen
  • bestraffa
  • bestraffning
  • straffen
  • strofen
  • bestrofen
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