Where does “strīt” come from?

strīt (Middle High German) comes from Old High German strīt, from Proto-West Germanic *strīd, from Proto-Germanic strīdaz — battle, fight.

Ancestry of “strīt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstrītdiscord
2Proto-West Germanic*strīd—
3Proto-Germanicstrīdazbattle, fight

Words derived from “strīt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic strīdaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *strīd →Every word from Old High German strīt →