Etymograph

English

sunstrike

From sun + strike.

A compound of sun + strike

Proto-West Germanic *sunnā

Old English sunna

Middle English soen

English sun

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

noun Glare from the road that can temporarily blind drivers.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sunstrike”. 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.

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