English
strikelike
From strike + -like.
Formed from strike + -like
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
adj Resembling or characteristic of a strike (industrial action).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / strikelike