Proto-Germanic
*strangaz
‘tight, strict, straight, strong’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *strangaz.
7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *strangaz, most familiar first.
- strong ← strang ← *strang
- strength ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu ← *strang
- stronger ← strongere ← strongra ← *strangizô
- strongly ← strongliche ← stranglīċe ← strang ← *strang
- strongest ← strongeste ← strongesta ← *strangistô
- strengthen ← strengthenen ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu
- strongness ← strongnes ← strangnes ← strang ← *strang
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *strangaz