strengur
Icelandic
/ˈstreiŋkʏr/
noun
Definitions
- a string
- (music) a string
- (countable) a string; an ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity
- (geometry) chord
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse strengr derived from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (string) derived from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (rope, cord, strand, be tight, draw, tie, pulled tight, straight, constricted, tighten).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*strengʰ-
Gloss
rope, cord, strand, be tight, draw, tie, pulled tight, straight, constricted, tighten
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
索
Emoji
🪢
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bandstring English
- bitstring English
- bonnetstring English
- bootstring English
- bowstring English
- bytestring English
- capstring English
- checkstring English
- destring English
- docstring English
- drawstring English
- eyestring English
- fiddlestring English
- gutstring English
- hairstring English
- hamstring English
- harpstring English
- hatstring English
- heartstring English
- hyperstring English
- interstring English
- latchstring English
- lifestring English
- linestring English
- metastring English
- ministring English
- nanostring English
- protostring English
- pullstring English
- pursestring English
- restring English
- shoestring English
- slipstring English
- string English
- stringable English
- stringbacks English
- stringbed English
- stringboard English
- stringcourse English
- stringer English
- stringification English
- stringify English
- stringization English
- stringize English
- stringless English
- stringlike English
- stringline English
- stringology English
- stringpiece English
- stringy English
- substring English
- superstring English
- unstring English
- wordstring English
- String German
- string Dutch, Flemish
- string French
- στραγγός Ancient Greek
- *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *streyg- Proto-Indo-European
- string Portuguese
- *strangaz Proto-Germanic
- *strangiz Proto-Germanic
- string Swedish
- ストリング Japanese
- streng Old English
- string Middle English
- strengleikr Old Norse
- strengr Old Norse
- strenc Old French
- bogastrengur Icelandic
- bogi Icelandic
- estronca Galician
- sreng Old Irish
- strongur Faroese
- strænger Old Swedish
- sreng Middle Irish
- string Tok Pisin