Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/straik

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 *straikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“stroke”).

Noun

*straik m

1. stroke, line, dash

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*straik
Genitive	*straikas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*straik	*straikō, *straikōs
Accusative	*straik	*straikā
Genitive	*straikas	*straikō
Dative	*straikē	*straikum
Instrumental	*straiku	*straikum

Derived terms

• *straikōn

Related terms

• *strīkan
• *striki

Descendants

• Old English: strāc
  • Middle English: stroke, strok, strake, strak, strook, strooke
    • English: stroke
    • Scots: strake, straik, strak
    • Yola: stroke
• Old Frisian: *strāk, *strēk
  • Saterland Frisian: Stríek
  • West Frisian: streek
• Old Saxon: *strēk
  • Middle Low German: strêk (possible merger with descendant of *striki)
    • German Low German: Streek
• Old Dutch: *strēk, *streik
  • Middle Dutch: strêec, *streic (possible merger with descendant of *striki)
    • >? Dutch: streek (at most partially)
    • Limburgish: streik, sjtreik (semantically also continues *striki)
• Old High German: *streih
  • Middle High German: streich
    • German: Streich
    • Luxembourgish: Streech