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Where does “штрафта” come from?

штрафта (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Streife, from Middle High German strīfen, from Old High German strīfo.

штрафта (Serbo-Croatian): stripe

Definitions

  1. stripe

Ancestry of “штрафта”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStreifepatrol
2Middle High Germanstrīfen—
3Old High Germanstrīfo—
Every word from Old High German strīfo →