streig-1 — streig 1 English meaning: to stop, be immovable Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stehenbleiben, steckenbleiben, innehalten” Material: Lat. strigō, üre ‘stehenbleiben, innehalten (particularly, specially, especially, particular: in… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
streig- — To stroke, rub, press. European root. Derivatives include streak, prestige, and restrict. I. Basic form *streig . 1. a. strike, from Old English strīcan, to stroke; … Universalium
List of World War II aces from the United States — This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from United States. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country A *Robert Wilson Abernathy (USAAF) *Fred F. Ackerman *Burnell W. Adams *Charles E. Adams Jr. *Fletcher E. Adams… … Wikipedia
strike — [OE] Strike comes from a prehistoric Germanic base which denoted ‘touch lightly’ – a sense which survived into English (‘That good horse blessed he then, and lovingly struck its mane’, Sir Ferumbras 1380). The more violent modern sense ‘hit hard’ … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
streak — {{11}}streak (n.) O.E. strica line of motion, stroke of a pen (related to strican pass over lightly, see STRIKE (Cf. strike)), from P.Gmc. *strikon (Cf. M.L.G. streke stroke, line, O.H.G., Ger. strich, Goth. striks stroke, line ), from PIE root… … Etymology dictionary
striation — (n.) 1849, from Mod.L. stria strip, streak, in classical L. furrow, channel, flute of a column; cognate with Du. striem, O.H.G. strimo, Ger. strieme stripe, streak, from PIE root *streig (see STRIGIL (Cf. strigil)) … Etymology dictionary
strigil — (n.) ancient tool for scraping the skin after a bath, 1580s, from L. strigilis horse comb, from stringere (1) draw along a surface, graze, wound, strip off, rub, from PIE root *streig (Cf. L. striga stroke, strike, furrow, stria furrow, channel;… … Etymology dictionary
stripe — {{11}}stripe (n.1) a line or band in cloth, 1620s (but probably much older), from M.Du. or M.L.G. stripe stripe, streak, from P.Gmc. *stripanan (Cf. Dan. stribe a striped fabric, Ger. Streifen stripe ), cognate with O.Ir. sriab stripe, from PIE… … Etymology dictionary
stroke — {{11}}stroke (n.) act of striking, c.1300, probably from O.E. *strac, from P.Gmc. *straikaz (Cf. M.L.G. strek, Ger. streich, Goth. striks stroke ), related to the verb stracian (see STROKE (Cf. stroke) (v.)). The meaning mark of a pen is from… … Etymology dictionary
straf- — *straf , *strēf germ., Verb: nhd. schelten; ne. scold (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: afries., mnd., mhd.; Etymologie: idg. *strep , Adjektiv, starr … Germanisches Wörterbuch
