striken
Middle Dutch
/ˈstriːkən/
verb
Definitions
- to stroke, to pass (something) over gently
- to smoothen
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *strīcan inherited from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (stroke, rub, strike, touch).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*strīkaną
Gloss
stroke, rub, strike, touch
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- to strike English
- afstrijken Dutch, Flemish
- bestrijken Dutch, Flemish
- borststrijken Dutch, Flemish
- pluimstrijken Dutch, Flemish
- strijkbout Dutch, Flemish
- strijken Dutch, Flemish
- strijker Dutch, Flemish
- strijkijzer Dutch, Flemish
- strijkorkest Dutch, Flemish
- strijkplank Dutch, Flemish
- strijkstok Dutch, Flemish
- verstrijken Dutch, Flemish
- étriquer French
- *streyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *strikanaz Proto-Germanic
- *strīkaną Proto-Germanic
- strican Old English
- strīcan Old English
- estriquer Old French
- strîken Middle Dutch
- strihhan Old High German
- strīhhan Old High German
- estriquer Middle French
- *strīcan Old Dutch
- strikan Old Saxon
- strīkan Old Saxon
- *strīkan Frankish