An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Secondary synchrones that originate at a certain point in some comets’ dust tail, a point where for some reason the dust particles have fragmented.

Etymology (EN): Mod.L. stria “strip, streak,” L. “furrow, channel;” cognate with Du. striem, O.H.G. strimo, Ger. Strieme “stripe, streak,” from PIE base *streig- “to stroke, rub, press.”

Etymology (PE): Xaš “streak,” dialectal Qomi xaš “streak, stria, mark,” Yaqnavi xaš “to draw,” Lori kerr “line;” litterary Pers. xatt→ line; Mid/Mod.Pers. kešidan, kašidan
“to draw, protract, trail, drag, carry;” Av. karš- “to draw; to plow,” karša- “furrow;” Proto-Iranian *kerš-/*xrah- “to draw, plow;” cf. Skt. kars-, kársati “to pull, drag, plow;”
Gk. pelo, pelomai “to move, to bustle;” PIE base k^wels- “to plow.”