An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/streifen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2510257An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — streifen1891John Francis Davis

​ streifen, vb., ‘to graze slightly, strip off,’ from MidHG. ströufen (stroufen), wk. vb., besides which a rare form, striefen, ‘to skin, flay, chastise,’ occurs. OHG. *stroufen and Goth. *straupjan are also indicated by Du. stroopen, ‘to strip, strip off leaves, make predatory excursions,’ AS. bestrŷpan, E. to strip. ModHG. sträuben is also more remotely allied. Prehistoric ​cognates of the Teut. root straup are wanting. For ModHG. ei, equiv. to MidHG. öu, see Schleife.

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