Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strīpō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *strīpô, apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *streyb-o-, from a root *streyb- (“stripe”), with the only adduced cognate being Old Irish sríab (“stripe, line”). Whether *streyb- is ultimately an extension of Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread”) is unclear.

Noun

*strīpō m

1. strip, band
2. streak, stripe

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*strīpō
Genitive	*strīpini, *strīpan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*strīpō	*strīpan
Accusative	*strīpan	*strīpan
Genitive	*strīpini, *strīpan	*strīpanō
Dative	*strīpini, *strīpan	*strīpum
Instrumental	*strīpini, *strīpan	*strīpum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *strīpa, *strīpe
  • Saterland Frisian: Striepe m
  • West Frisian: stripe m or f
• Old Saxon: *strīpo, *strīpa
  • Middle Low German: strîpe f, strîpen m
    • German Low German: Striepe, Striep
    • → Middle English: stripe, strype
      • English: stripe
      • Scots: stripe
• Old Dutch: strīpa
  • Middle Dutch: stripe f or m
    • Dutch: strijp
• Old High German: *strīfo
  • Middle High German: strīfe
    • German: Streifen