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

1. 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