English
footstrike
From foot + strike.
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’
Proto-West Germanic *fōt
Old English fōt ‘foot’
Middle English fot ‘foot’
English foot
Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to stroke’
Proto-Germanic *strīkaną ‘to stroke’
Proto-West Germanic *strīkan ‘to stroke’
Old English strīcan ‘to pass lightly over’
Middle English stryken ‘to strike’
English strike
Today it means
noun The action of the foot striking the ground when walking or running.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / footstrike