Where does “scrīthan” come from?

scrīthan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skrīþan, from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

scrīthan (Old Dutch): to stride

Definitions

  1. to stride

Ancestry of “scrīthan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skrīþanto walk
2Proto-Germanicskrīþanąto walk, glide, crawl
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kreyt-to wind; twist; bend
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “scrīthan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną →