English
strikebound
From strike + bound.
Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to stroke’
Proto-Germanic *strīkaną ‘to stroke’
Proto-West Germanic *strīkan ‘to stroke’
Old English strīcan ‘to pass lightly over’
Middle English stryken ‘to strike’
English strike
Today it means
adj Not operating normally because of strike action.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “strikebound”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / strikebound