An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Strieme

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Striegel

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Strieme

Strippe

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Strieme.

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2626380An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — StriemeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Strieme, masculine and feminine, ‘stripe, streak, scar,’ from Middle High German strieme (streime, strîme), masculine, ‘stripe’; Old High German strī̆mo (to which strimil, Middle High German strîmel, is allied), ‘stripe,’ is an isolated relic of a Teutonic-Aryan root strī̆, which is not found elsewhere.