Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/streyg-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*streyg-

1. to stroke, rub, strike
2. to shear

Derived terms

• *stréyg-e- (“thematic present”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *strīkaną (“to stroke, rub”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Slavic: *striťi (“to cut (hair, fleece, grass), shear, to slip”) (see there for further descendants)
• *stri-né-g- (“ne-present”)
  • Proto-Italic: *stringō
    • Latin: stringō (“to draw tight, to stip off, prune, to touch lightly”) (see there for further descendants)
• *strig-ís (may derive from *ster- (“line”))
  • Proto-Germanic: *strikiz (“line, streak”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Slavic: *strižьka (“haircut, hairdo”) (root *-i- elongated due to Winter's law)

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag