streak
n.
Old English strica "line of motion, stroke of a pen" (related to strican "pass over lightly"), from Proto-Germanic *strikon- (cognates: Middle Dutch streke, Dutch streek, Middle Low German streke "a stroke, line," Old High German, German strich, Gothic striks "a stroke, line"), from PIE root *streig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil; also strike, v., stroke, v.). Sense of "long, thin mark" is first found 1560s. Meaning "a temporary run (of luck)" is from 1843.
v.
1
"make streaks on" (transitive), 1590s, from streak, n.. Intransitive sense of "become streaked" is from 1870. Related: Streaked; streaking.
2
1768, "to go quickly, to rush, run at full speed," respelling (probably by association with streak, v.1) of streek "to go quickly" (late 14c.), originally "to stretch oneself" (mid-13c.), a northern Middle English variant of stretch, v.. Related: Streaked; streaking.