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

  1. 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

Descendants

  • Old English: strāc
  • Old Frisian: *strāk, *strēk
  • Old Saxon: *strēk
    • Middle Low German: strêk (possible merger with descendant of *striki)
  • 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

References

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