Where does “pojkstreck” come from?

pojkstreck (Swedish) comes from Swedish streck, from Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki, from Proto-Germanic strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

pojkstreck (Swedish): a prank, a mischief (typically carried out by boys)

Definitions

  1. a prank, a mischief (typically carried out by boys)

Ancestry of “pojkstreck”, step by step

pojkstreck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish streck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstrecka dash, a hyphen, a line
2Middle Low Germanstreke—
3Old Saxonstriki—
4Proto-West Germanic*strikiline
5Proto-Germanicstrikizline
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

via Swedish pojke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpojkea boy; a young male
2Old Swedishpoika—
3Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
4Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
5Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
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