Where does “strede” come from?
strede (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English strait, from Italian stretto, from Spanish estrecho, from Old Spanish estrecho, from Latin strictus, from Latin stringere, from Latin stringo, from Proto-Italic stringō — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
strede (Norwegian Bokmål): a strait narrow channel of water
Definitions
- a strait narrow channel of water
Ancestry of “strede”, step by step
strede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strait
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strait | Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close;... |
| 2 | Italian | stretto | narrow; tight; strict |
| 3 | Spanish | estrecho | narrow; tight; close, kin |
| 4 | Old Spanish | estrecho | narrow |
| 5 | Latin | strictus | tightened, compressed, having been tightened;... |
| 6 | Latin | stringere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | stringo | I press, tighten, compress; I unsheath |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stringō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
via Old Norse stræti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | stræti | street |
| 2 | Old Frisian | strēte | street |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | strātu | street, paved road |
| 4 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 5 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |