Where does “walstro” come from?

walstro (Dutch) comes from German Walstroh, from Middle High German strō, from Old High German strō, from Proto-West Germanic strau, from Proto-Germanic strawą, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

walstro (Dutch): a bedstraw; any plant of the genus Galium

Definitions

  1. a bedstraw; any plant of the genus Galium

Ancestry of “walstro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWalstroh—
2Middle High Germanstrō—
3Old High Germanstrōstraw
4Proto-West Germanicstraustraw
5Proto-Germanicstrawąstraw
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “walstro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew- →
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