Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strīkaną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (to stroke, rub, press).[1] Compare also *streukaną (to stroke), which appears to be unrelated, despite strikingly similar phonetics and semantics.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstriː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*strīkaną[1][2]

  1. to stroke, to rub

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*strīkan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*strīk(w)anan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382