streig- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	streig-
DEFINITION:	To stroke, rub, press. European root. Derivatives include streak, prestige, and restrict. I. Basic form streig-. 1a.* strike, from Old English strcan, to stroke; b. tricot, from Old French estriquier, to strike. Both a and b from Germanic strkan. 2. strickle, from Old English stricel,* implement for leveling grain, from Germanic diminutive strik-ila-. 3. streak, from Old English strica,* stroke, line, from Germanic strikn-. II.* O-grade form stroig-. stroke¹, from Old English strc, stroke, from Germanic straik-. III.* Zero-grade form strig-. 1. Suffixed form strig--. strigose, from Latin striga, row of grain, furrow drawn lengthwise over the field. 2. Suffixed form strig-y-. stria, from Latin stria,* furrow, channel. 3. Nasalized zero-grade form stri-n-g-. strain¹, strait, stress, stretto, strict, stringendo, stringent; astringent, constrain, distrain, distress, prestige, restrain, restrict, from Latin stringere,* to draw tight, press together. 4. strigil, from Latin strigilis, strigil, possibly akin to stringere. (Pokorny 1. streig-, 2. streig- 1036, 4. ster- 1028.)


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