Where does “strek” come from?

strek (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki, from Proto-Germanic strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

strek (Norwegian Nynorsk): <br>; a line

Definitions

  1. <br>; a line

Ancestry of “strek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstreke—
2Old Saxonstriki—
3Proto-West Germanic*strikiline
4Proto-Germanicstrikizline
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “strek”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European streyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic strikiz →