The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*strīpô
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*strīpā
- Middle Low German · derived fromstrîpe
- Middle English · inherited fromstripe
- English todaystripe
From Middle English stripe, strype, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strîpe, from Proto-West Germanic *strīpā, *strīpō, from Proto-Germanic *strīpô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Striepe (“stripe, strip”), West Frisian stripe (“stripe”), Dutch streep (“stripe”), German Low German Striepe, Striep, Streep (“stripe”), German Streifen (“stripe, strip, band”), Danish stribe (“stripe”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.