Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strīpō

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 *strīpô, apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *streyb-o-, from a root *streyb- (stripe), with the only adduced cognate being Old Irish sríab (stripe, line).[1] Whether *streyb- is ultimately an extension of Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (to spread) is unclear.

Noun

*strīpō m

  1. strip, band
  2. streak, stripe

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *strīpō
Genitive *strīpini, *strīpan
Singular Plural
Nominative *strīpō *strīpan
Accusative *strīpan *strīpan
Genitive *strīpini, *strīpan *strīpanō
Dative *strīpini, *strīpan *strīpum
Instrumental *strīpini, *strīpan *strīpum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *strīpa, *strīpe
    • Saterland Frisian: Striepe m
    • West Frisian: stripe m or f
  • Old Saxon: *strīpo, *strīpa
  • Old Dutch: strīpa
    • Middle Dutch: stripe f or m
      • Dutch: strijp
  • Old High German: *strīfo

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*strīpa/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485