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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
Verb
*strīkaną[1][2]
- to stroke, to rub
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 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
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*strīk(w)anan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382