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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/streukaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Probably originally *streuganą, with -k- due to influence from the iterative *strukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *strewgʰ-. Related to Proto-Slavic *strъgati (to scrape).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstreu̯.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*streukaną[1][2]

  1. to stroke, wipe

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Norse: strjúka
    • Icelandic: strjúka
    • Faroese: strúka
    • Norwegian: stryke
    • Old Swedish: strȳka
    • Old Danish: strȳkæ
    • Elfdalian: striuoka
    • Gutnish: sträuke

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*streukan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*streukanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 381
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