Where does “strenġe” come from?

strenġe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *strangī, from Proto-Germanic strangijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengthʰ-.

strenġe (Old English): severe, hard, strict

Definitions

  1. severe, hard, strict

Ancestry of “strenġe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*strangīstring
2Proto-Germanicstrangijaztight, tense
3Proto-Indo-European*strengthʰ-—

Words derived from “strenġe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *strengthʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic strangijaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *strangī →