Where does “Stråßn” come from?
Stråßn (Bavarian) comes from Middle High German strāze, from Old High German strāza, from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō, from Proto-Indo-European str̥-n-h₃- — sterile, infertile.
Stråßn (Bavarian): street; road a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement
Definitions
- street; road a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement
Ancestry of “Stråßn”, step by step
Stråßn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle High German strāze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | strāze | — |
| 2 | Old High German | strāza | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | strātu | street, paved road |
| 4 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 5 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via Middle Low German strâte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | strâte | — |
| 2 | Middle English | streit | strait |
| 3 | Old French | estreit | Alternative form of estroit |
| 4 | Latin | strictus | tightened, compressed, having been tightened;... |
| 5 | Latin | stringere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | stringo | I press, tighten, compress; I unsheath |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stringō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |