Where does “stredan” come from?

stredan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic streþaną, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

stredan (Old High German): to swirl; to burn, glow, hiss, whiz

Definitions

  1. to swirl; to burn, glow, hiss, whiz

Ancestry of “stredan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstreþanąto seethe, swirl
2Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “stredan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic streþaną →