Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

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 Germanstrīt—
2Proto-West Germanic*strīd—
3Proto-Germanicstrīdazbattle, fight

Words derived from “strīt”

  • Streitlust
  • unstrittig
  • streitbefangen
  • strittig
  • Streitaxt
  • Streit
  • Streitkraft
  • Rechtsstreit
  • streitlustig
  • Streitbeilegung
  • Streitwagen
Every word from Proto-Germanic strīdaz →