Etymology of the English word strike
the English word
strikederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*streig-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*strik-Derivations in English
misstrike,
overstrike,
strikable,
strikebound,
strikebreaker,
strikebreaking,
striking,
strikeover,
strikeout,
striker,
strokeDerivations in other languages
Italian
strikeCognates
Dutch
strijken, German
streichen, German
Streik, German
Strich, Norwegian
streik, Swedish
strejk, Yiddish
shtrajchnUsage
Word found in Modern English