Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/straik

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *straikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“stroke”).^[1]

Noun

*straik m

stroke, line, dash

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*straik
Genitive	*straikas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*straik	straikō, straikōs
Accusative	*straik	*straikā
Genitive	*straikas	*straikō
Dative	*straikē	*straikum
Instrumental	*straiku	*straikum

Derived terms

*straikōn

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: strāc
- Middle English: stroke, strok, strake, strak, strook, strooke
  - English: stroke
  - Scots: strake, straik, strak
  - Yola: stroke
Old Frisian: *strāk, *strēk
- Saterland Frisian: Stríek
- West Frisian: streek
Old Saxon: *strēk
- Middle Low German: strêk (possible merger with descendant of *striki)
  - German Low German: Streek
Old Dutch: *strēk, *streik
- Middle Dutch: strêec, *streic (possible merger with descendant of *striki)
  - >? Dutch: streek (at most partially)
  - Limburgish: streik, sjtreik (semantically also continues *striki)
Old High German: *streih
- Middle High German: streich
  - German: Streich
  - Luxembourgish: Streech

References

^ 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: “*straika-”

[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: “*straika-”

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