striga
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A female evil spirit, nocturnal apparition; a nightmare.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στρίξ (screecher).
Origin
Ancient Greek
στρίξ
Gloss
screecher
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stria English
- stria vascularis English
- striga English
- stria Latin
- strix Latin
- strīga Latin
- vascularis Latin
- stria Italian
- estría Spanish, Castilian
- στρίγξ Ancient Greek
- στρίξ Ancient Greek
- τράγος Ancient Greek
- *streyg- Proto-Indo-European
- estria Portuguese
- strzyga Polish
- strzygoń Polish
- стрија Macedonian
- *strig-jā, *strigjā Proto-Italic
- trasgreer Old Spanish
- striga Venetian
- stria Ligurian
- strega roa-oit