Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strangaz

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.

• *strangijaz

From Pre-Germanic *strongʰos, an adjective formed from the strong verb *stringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“pulled tight, straight, constricted”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Latvian strangs (“brave, brisk, fresh”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɑŋ.ɡɑz/

*strangaz

1. tight, strict, straight
2. strong

• *strangį̄

• *strangiz
• *strunkaz

• Proto-West Germanic: *strang, *strangī
  • Old English: strang, strong
    • Middle English: strong, stronge, stronke, stron, strange, straunge
      • English: strong, string
      • Scots: strang
      • Yola: straung
  • Old Frisian: *strang, streng
    • Saterland Frisian: strang
    • West Frisian: string
  • Old Saxon: strang
    • Middle Low German: stranc, strenge
      • Low German: streng
  • Old Dutch: stranc
    • Middle Dutch: stranc, strange
      • Dutch: strang (dialectal)
      • Limburgish: strang
  • Old High German: strangi, strengi, strang
    • Middle High German: strenge, strange
      • German: streng
• Old Norse: strangr
  • Icelandic: strangur
  • Faroese: strangur
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: streng

    Norwegian Nynorsk: streng

  • Old Swedish: strænger, stranger
    • Swedish: sträng, strång, strang (dialectal)
  • Danish: stræng, streng
• → Proto-Finnic: *rankka (see there for further descendants)