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Where does “streybʰ-” come from?

streybʰ- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

streybʰ- (Proto-Indo-European): to be stiff

Definitions

  1. to be stiff

Ancestry of “streybʰ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “streybʰ-”

  • strive
  • strife
  • striven
  • striveth
  • striver
  • strivest
  • strifeful
  • strifeless
  • gainstrive
  • restrive
  • makestrife
  • gainstriving
  • gainstrife
  • strife-ridden
  • étriver
  • strif
  • stryf
  • striffe
  • striven
  • estrif
  • estriver
  • strībaną
  • strīban
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