stricken

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*strīkaną“to strike”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*strikanaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*strikan
4. Old English · inherited fromstricen
5. Middle English · inherited fromstriken
6. English todaystricken

From Middle English striken, ystriken, from Old English stricen, ġestricen, from Proto-West Germanic *strikan, from Proto-Germanic *strikanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to strike”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian strieken, Dutch gestreken, German Low German streken, German gestrichen.

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