Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/streyg-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

  • Root

    *streyg-[1]

    1. to stroke, rub, strike
    2. to shear

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *streyg- (11 c, 0 e)
    • *stréyg-t ~ *strig-ént (root aorist)[2]
      • Proto-Germanic: *strīkaną (to stroke, rub) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Slavic: *striťi (to cut (hair, fleece, grass), shear, to slip)[3] (see there for further descendants)
    • *stri-né-g-ti ~ *stri-n-g-énti (nasal-infix present)
      • Proto-Italic: *stringō
        • Latin: stringō (to draw tight, to stip off, prune, to touch lightly) (see there for further descendants)
    • *strig-ís (may derive from *ster- (line))
      • Proto-Germanic: *strikiz (line, streak) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Slavic: *strižьka (haircut, hairdo) (root *-i- elongated due to Winter's law)
    • *stróyg-o-s (*tómos-type action noun)
      • Proto-Germanic: *straikaz (stroke)
        • Proto-West Germanic: *straik (stroke, line, dash) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “streyg-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 603-604
    2. ^ Kim, Ronald (2019), “Old English Cyme and the Proto‐Indo‐European Aorist Optative in Germanic”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 117, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 96–111
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469