Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/straikōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *straik (“stroke”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*straikōn

1. to stroke, caress

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*straikōn
1st sg. past	*straikōdā
Infinitive	*straikōn
Genitive infin.	*straikōnijas
Dative infin.	*straikōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*straikōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*straikō	*straikōdā
2nd singular	*straikōs	*straikōdēs, *straikōdōs
3rd singular	*straikōþ	*straikōdē, *straikōdā
1st plural	*straikōm	*straikōdum
2nd plural	*straikōþ	*straikōdud
3rd plural	*straikōnþ	*straikōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*straikō	*straikōdī
2nd singular	*straikōs	*straikōdī
3rd singular	*straikō	*straikōdī
1st plural	*straikōm	*straikōdīm
2nd plural	*straikōþ	*straikōdīd
3rd plural	*straikōn	*straikōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*straikō
Plural	*straikōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*straikōndī	*straikōd

Descendants

• Old English: strācian
  • Middle English: stroken, stracien, straca, strake, stroke, strok
    • English: stroke
    • Scots: strake, straik, strak
• Old Frisian: *strākia
  • Saterland Frisian: strookje
  • West Frisian: streakje
  • → Middle Low German: strâken
    • German Low German: straken
      • ⇒ German Low German: strakeln
• Old Saxon: *strēkōn
  • Middle Low German: strêken, streiken (“to brush, smooth, flatten, comb”)
    • >? German Low German: strieken (merger with Middle Low German strîken ?)
      • ⇒ German Low German: striekeln (“to stroke, caress”)
• Old Dutch: *strēkon
  • Middle Dutch: streken
    • Dutch: streken, stroken (“to style one's hair in a peasantly manner”) (dialectal)
• Old High German: streihhōn, streichōn
  • Middle High German: streichen
    • German: streichen (chiefly from *strīkaną)
    • ⇒ Middle High German: streichelen, streicheln
      • German: streicheln