Proto-Indo-European

*streyg-

‘to shear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *streyg-.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *streyg-, most familiar first.

• strike ← stryken ← strīcan ← *strīkan ← *strīkaną
• stroke ← strok ← strāc ← *straik ← *straikaz
• streak ← streke ← strica ← *strikiz
• distress ← distressen ← destrecier
• restraint ← restreynte ← restreinte
• stricken ← striken ← stricen ← *strikan ← *strikanaz
• stringent ← stringēns
• stricture ← strictūra ← strictus ← stringō ← *strigtos
• strake ← strācian ← *straikōn ← *straik ← *straikaz
• stretto ← strictus ← stringō ← *strigtos ← *strig-tó-s
• abstriction ← strictio ← strictus ← stringō ← *strigtos
• strigose ← striga ← *strigā

More words from *streyg-

• strigate
• strigillose
• strigulate

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *streyg-