Proto-West Germanic

*strang

‘severe, strict, rigorous, strong’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *strang.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *strang, most familiar first.

• strong ← strang
• strength ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu
• strongly ← strongliche ← stranglīċe ← strang
• strengthen ← strengthenen ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu
• strongness ← strongnes ← strangnes ← strang

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *strang