English
striddle
Striddle comes from Middle English striden ‘to stride’, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan ‘to stand upright’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*strīdaną‘to stand upright’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*strīdan‘to stand upright’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150strīdan‘to stride, straddle, mount’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500striden‘to stride’
- Englishearliest quotation 1890striddle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*strīdaną‘to stand upright’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*strīdan‘to stand upright’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150strīdan‘to stride, straddle, mount’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500striden‘to stride’
- Englishearliest quotation 1890striddle
Earliest quotation: 1890, George Manville Fenn: “I'm going along like a lame duck striddling a…”
Formed from stride + -le
Proto-Germanic *strīdaną ‘to stand upright’
Proto-West Germanic *strīdan ‘to stand upright’
Old English strīdan
Middle English striden ‘to stride’
English stride
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną
Today it means
verb To straddle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *strīdaną / striddle