Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/strengʰ-

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

Etymology

Possibly related to *sterh₃- (“to spread, to extend”).

Root

*strengʰ-

1. to twist
2. rope, cord

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *strengʰ- (11 c, 0 e)

• *strongʰ-éye-ti
  • Proto-Germanic: *strangijaną (see there for further descendants)
• *strongʰ-os
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *strangas
    • Latvian: strangs (“brave, brisk, fresh”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *strangaz (see there for further descendants)
• *strn̥gʰ-os
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • >? Ancient Greek: στραγγός (strangós)
• *strongʰ-is
  • Proto-Germanic: *strangiz (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Latvian: stringt (“to stiffen, wither”)
  • Lithuanian: stri̇̀gti (“to stick”)
  • Proto-Slavic:
    • Polish: zastrąc (“to come to a halt”)
• Proto-Italic: *stringō
  • Latin: stringō (“to bind fast, tighten”)