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Where does “strīdaną” come from?

strīdaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European streydʰh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

strīdaną (Proto-Germanic): to stand upright; to step up to; to endeavour;...

Definitions

  1. to stand upright; to step up to; to endeavour;...

Ancestry of “strīdaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstreydʰh₁-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “strīdaną”

  • strode
  • stride
  • astride
  • straddle
  • astraddle
  • midstride
  • strider
  • strided
  • straddler
  • overstride
  • outstride
  • bestraddle
  • strideth
  • stridest
  • striddle
  • streitig
  • streiten
  • erstreiten
  • strijder
  • vrijheidsstrijder
  • strijden
  • oud-strijder
  • strijdster
  • strijdlust
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