strike

strike · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*streyg-“to stroke, rub, press”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*strīkaną
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*strīkan
4. Old English · inherited fromstrīcan
5. Middle English · inherited fromstryken
6. English todaystrike

From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

Strike · proper noun²

English surname, from the verb strike.

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