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Where does “strit” come from?

strit (Polish) comes from English straight, from Middle English streight, from Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

strit (Polish): straight

Definitions

  1. straight

Ancestry of “strit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstraightNot crooked or bent; having a constant direction...
2Middle Englishstreightstraight; direct
3Middle EnglishstrecchenTo stretch out, spread, extend; To stretch,...
4Old Englishstreċċanto stretch, hold out, extend, spread out,...
5Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
6Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong
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