Where does “streck” come from?

streck (Swedish) comes 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...

streck (Swedish): a dash, a hyphen, a line

Definitions

  1. a dash, a hyphen, a line

Ancestry of “streck”, step by step

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

Words derived from “streck”

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