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Indo-European Lexicon

PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes

Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.

Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.

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Pokorny Etymon: 4. ster-, also sterə- : strē-, strei-, streu- 'line, streak, strip, stripe'

Semantic Field: Line

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	*strāc	n	stroke	AHD
	strācian	vb.wk	to stroke	W7
	strica	n.masc	streak, mark, (pen) stroke	W7
	strīcan, strāc, stricon, stricen	vb.str	to strike; stroke, smooth, rub, wipe	ASD
	stricel	n.masc	strickle	AHD
Middle English:	streke	n	streak	W7
	strikell	n	strickle	W7
	striken	vb	to strike	W7
	stroke	n	stroke	AHD
	stroken	vb	to stroke	W7
English:	streak	n	stripe, mark of different color/texture	AHD/W7
	stria	n	minute groove/channel	AHD/W7
	strickle	n	tool to level off measure of grain	AHD/W7
	strigil	n	skin scraper used after bath	AHD/W7
	strigose	adj	having appressed scales/bristles	AHD/W7
	strike, struck	vb.str	to go, take course; hit	AHD/W7
	stripe	n	line/strip of different color/texture	W7
	stroke	n	act/instance of hitting/striking	AHD/W7
	stroke	vb.trans	to caress, rub gently	AHD/W7
	tricot	n	plain warp-knitted fabric	AHD/W7
W-Germanic
Middle Dutch:	stripe	n	stripe	W7
Dutch:	strijken	vb	to stroke; iron clothes	LRC
Old High German:	streichōn	vb	to stroke	ASD
	strich	n	streak, line	W7
	strīhhan	vb	to strike, pass, travel	ASD
German:	streichen	vb	to strike, move, rush, rove	ASD
	Strich	n.masc	streak, line	LRC
N-Germanic
Icelandic:	strúka	vb	to strike, rush	ASD
	stryk	n	streak, stroke, dash	ASD
Danish:	stryge	vb	to strike	ASD
Swedish:	stryka	vb	to strike, stroke; iron clothes	TLL
E-Germanic
Gothic:	striks	n	streak, mark, (pen) stroke	ASD
Italic
Latin:	stria	n.fem	furrow	W7
	striga	n.fem	row, furrow	W7
	strigilis	n.fem	strigil	W7
	stringō, stringere, strinxī, strictum	vb	to wipe, remove; stroke, smooth; touch; draw (sword)	IEW
New Latin:	striga	n.fem	bristle	W7
	strigosus	adj	meager, skinny	W7
Old French:	estriquier	vb	to strike	AHD
French:	tricot	n.masc	knitting	W7
	tricoter	vb	to knit	W7

Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
str	=	strong (inflection)
trans	=	transitive
vb	=	verb
wk	=	weak (inflection)

Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):

Code		Citation
AHD	=	Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000)
ASD	=	Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)
IEW	=	Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
TLL	=	Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944)
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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