Where does “struma” come from?
struma (Dutch) comes from Latin strūma, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
Ancestry of “struma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | strūma | a scrofulous tumor, struma |
| 2 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |