Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/strengʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Possibly related to *sterh₃- (“to spread, to extend”).

Root

*strengʰ-

to twist
rope, cord

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *strengʰ-‎ (1 c, 0 e)

*strongʰ-éye-ti
- Proto-Germanic: *strangijaną (see there for further descendants)
*strongʰ-os
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *strangas
  - Latvian: strangs (“brave, brisk, fresh”)
- Proto-Germanic: *strangaz (see there for further descendants)
*strn̥gʰ-os
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: στραγγός (strangós)
*strongʰ-is
- Proto-Germanic: *strangiz (see there for further descendants)

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