shrithe
English
/ʃɹaɪð/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To move; to proceed; to creep, roam, or wander.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old English sċrīþan (go about, wander, go, take one's way to a place) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną (stride, step, walk, glide, crawl) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kreyt-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- criso Latin
- abschreiten German
- beschreiten German
- durchschreiten German
- einherschreiten German
- einschreiten German
- fortschreiten German
- schreiten German
- unterschreiten German
- überschreiten German
- onderschrijden Dutch, Flemish
- overschrijden Dutch, Flemish
- schrijden Dutch, Flemish
- schrijlings Dutch, Flemish
- voortschrijden Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)kreyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *skrīþaną Proto-Germanic
- framåtskrida Swedish
- skrida Swedish
- överskrida Swedish
- geondscriþan Old English
- scriþan Old English
- sċrīþan Old English
- toscriþan Old English
- ymbscriþan Old English
- þurhscriþan Old English
- skriða Old Norse
- skríða Old Norse
- skríða Icelandic
- schriden Middle Dutch
- schrīten Middle High German
- *scrīthan Old Dutch
- skridan Old Saxon