Where does “snedstreck” come from?

snedstreck (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...

snedstreck (Swedish): a slash

Definitions

  1. a slash

Ancestry of “snedstreck”, step by step

snedstreck 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 sned

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnednot straight; sloping; at a non-right angle to;...
2Old Swedishsnedher—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European streyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic strikiz →
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