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Where does “striki” come from?

striki (Old Saxon) comes 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...

Ancestry of “striki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*striki—
2Proto-Germanicstrikizline
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “striki”

  • snedstreck
  • strecka
  • streck
  • streke
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