Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strittōną

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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 *stridʰ-néh₂-ti, an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *streydʰ- (to resist), the same root gave rise to the strong verb *strīdaną; see there for cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*strittōną[1]

  1. (North Germanic) to stand upright
  2. (North Germanic) to resist

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *stritt- against non-singular *strid-.

Descendants

  • Old Norse: strita, *stritta

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*strit(t)ōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485