Where does “tricoter” come from?
tricoter (Romanian) comes from French tricoteur, from French tricoter, from Middle French tricoter, from Old French tricoter, from Old French trique, from Old French estrique, from Middle Dutch strîken, from Old Saxon strikan — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
tricoter (Romanian): knitter
Definitions
- knitter
Ancestry of “tricoter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tricoteur | knitter |
| 2 | French | tricoter | to knit |
| 3 | Middle French | tricoter | — |
| 4 | Old French | tricoter | to beat with sticks |
| 5 | Old French | trique | stick, game played with sticks |
| 6 | Old French | estrique | baton; stick; beam |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | strîken | to stroke, to pass (something) over gently |
| 8 | Old Saxon | strikan | to stroke |
| 9 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |