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Where does “*strakō” come from?
*strakō (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, from Proto-Indo-European streg-.
Ancestry of “*strakō”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
*strakaz
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2
Proto-Indo-European
streg-
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Words derived from “*strakō”
strake
lapstrake
lapstreak
*straca
strake
stráice
stráiceach
stráiciúil
strakes
ringstraked
straukaun
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