strong
Middle English
/strɔnɡ/
adj
Definitions
- strong
Etymology
Inherited from Old English strang inherited from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (strong, strict, tight, straight).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*strangaz
Gloss
strong, strict, tight, straight
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
💪 🐂 🐅 🐆 🐗 🐯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antistrong English
- electrostrong English
- go strong English
- headstrong English
- nonstrong English
- overstrong English
- semistrong English
- strength English
- strong English
- strong verb English
- strong-arm English
- strong-handed English
- strongback English
- strongbox English
- stronger English
- strongful English
- stronghand English
- stronghearted English
- stronghold English
- strongish English
- strongling English
- stronglink English
- strongly English
- strongman English
- strongness English
- strongpoint English
- strongwoman English
- superstrong English
- ultrastrong English
- unstrong English
- *streng- Proto-Indo-European
- *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *strenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *strangaz Proto-Germanic
- *strangijaz Proto-Germanic
- *strangistô Proto-Germanic
- *strangizô Proto-Germanic
- strong Swedish
- strang Old English
- strengþu Old English
- strong Old English
- strong-hōld, strong-hold Middle English
- stronge Middle English
- strangr Old Norse
- strangi Old High German
- strong Tok Pisin
- strongpela Tok Pisin
- tranga Sranan Tongo
- straung Yola