< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/straik
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *straikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“stroke”).
Noun
*straik m
- stroke, line, dash
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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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
- *strīkan
- *striki
Descendants
- Old English: strāc
- Middle English: stroke, strok, strake, strak, strook, strooke
- English: stroke
- Scots: strake, straik, strak
- Middle English: stroke, strok, strake, strak, strook, strooke
- Old Frisian: *strāk, *strēk
- Saterland Frisian: Striek
- West Frisian: streek
- Old Saxon: *strēk
- Middle Low German: strêk
- German Low German: Streek (possible merger with descendant of *striki)
- Middle Low German: strêk
- Old Dutch: *strēk, *streik
- Middle Dutch: *strêec, *streic
- Limburgish: streik
- Middle Dutch: *strêec, *streic
- Old High German: *streih
- Middle High German: streich
- German: Streich
- Luxembourgish: Streech
- Middle High German: streich