Etymology

strake

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Today it means: An iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering. Full definition →

Middle English strake ← Old English *straca ← Proto-West Germanic *strakō
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*strakaz“straight”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*strakō
  3. Old English · inherited from*straca
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstrake
  5. English todaystrake

From Middle English strake, from Old English *straca (> Anglo-Latin straca), from Proto-West Germanic *strakō, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“straight”). Akin to Old English streċċan (“to make straight, stretch”).

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