Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/streupaną

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.

According to Kroonen, a back-formation from the iterative *strupōną (“to writhe”), with both traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *strewb-; he prefers to derive them from a root *strebʰ- (“to twist”), adducing Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”) as a cognate.^[1] This has been disputed, however.^[2]

Older theories derived the term from Proto-Indo-European *strew-, *sterw-, *ster- (“strip; beam; streak; ray”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “proposed cognates in this case?”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈstreu̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

*streupaną^[1]

1. to touch, graze, brush
2. to squeeze
3. to strip

• *straupijaną
• *strupōną

• Proto-West Germanic: *streupan
  • Old High German: *striofan
    • Middle High German: striefen
      • German: striefen (archaic, obsolete)
• Old Norse: *strúpa, *strjúpa
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: strupe, strype

    Norwegian Nynorsk: strupe, strupa, strype, strypa

  • Swedish: strypa