Strick
German (Berlin)
/ʃtʁɪk/
noun
Definitions
- fairly short rope or cord, usually for binding something
- (especially) the rope used in hanging somebody (often for English noose, but referring to the rope, not the loop, which is Schlinge (Schlinge))
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German stric inherited from Old High German stric derived from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (line, stroke, shear, strip, brush, strike, rub, press, cord, stiff, rigid, rope, tight).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*streyg-
Gloss
line, stroke, shear, strip, brush, strike, rub, press, cord, stiff, rigid, rope, tight
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
線
Emoji
🎣 📏 📐
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adstringere Latin
- constrictus Latin
- constringo Latin
- distringere Latin
- distringo Latin
- distringō Latin
- restrictus Latin
- strictus Latin
- strigosus Latin
- stringentem, stringens Latin
- stringo Latin
- Zündstrick German
- stricken German
- zünden German
- στρίγξ Ancient Greek
- *(s)ter- Proto-Indo-European
- *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *streyg- Proto-Indo-European
- gummistrikk Norwegian Bokmål
- hårstrikk Norwegian Bokmål
- strikk Norwegian Bokmål
- *straikaz Proto-Germanic
- *strikiz Proto-Germanic
- *strikkiz Proto-Germanic
- *strīkaną Proto-Germanic
- gummistrikk Norwegian Nynorsk
- hårstrikk Norwegian Nynorsk
- strikk Norwegian Nynorsk
- *striťi Proto-Slavic
- stric Old High German
- stric Middle High German
- *strig-jā, *strigjā Proto-Italic