English
stricken
Stricken comes from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną ‘to strike’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to stroke, rub, press’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*streyg-‘to stroke, rub, press’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*strīkaną‘to strike’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*strikanazreconstructedpast participle of *strīkaną
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*strikanreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150stricen
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500striken
- Englishearliest quotation 1913stricken
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*streyg-‘to stroke, rub, press’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*strīkaną‘to strike’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*strikanazreconstructedpast participle of *strīkaną
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*strikanreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150stricen
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500striken
- Englishearliest quotation 1913stricken
Earliest quotation: 1913, Robert Barr: “Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to stroke, rub, press’
stroke, streak, distress, restraint, stringent, 8 more
through Proto-Germanic *strīkaną ‘to strike’
Today it means
adj Struck by something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *streyg- / stricken