Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strangiz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord; to be tight”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στραγγός (strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”), Irish srincne (“umbilical cord”).

Noun

*strangiz m

string

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *strangiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*strangiz	*strangīz
vocative	*strangi	*strangīz
accusative	*strangį	*stranginz
genitive	*strangīz	*strangijǫ̂
dative	*strangī	*strangimaz
instrumental	*strangī	*strangimiz

Derived terms

*strangijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *strangi
- Old English: streng
  - Middle English: streng, string
    - Scots: string
    - English: string
      - → Dutch: string
      - → German: String
- Old Frisian: *strang, *streng
  - Saterland Frisian: Strange (possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
  - West Frisian: string
- Old Saxon: *strang, *strengi
  - Middle Low German: strank, strange, strenc
    - German Low German: Strenge
- Old Dutch: *streng (in placename Strink)
  - Middle Dutch: strenc, strenge
    - Dutch: streng
      - Afrikaans: streng
- Old High German: stranc, strang
  - Middle High German: strank, stranc, strange
    - German: Strang
Old Norse: strengr
- Icelandic: strengur
- Faroese: strongur
- Norwegian: streng
- Old Swedish: strænger
  - Swedish: sträng
- Old Danish: stræng
  - Danish: streng
- Elfdalian: straingg
- Gutnish: strängg
- → Irish: sreang