Where does “Bunnestruh” come from?

Bunnestruh (East Central German) comes from East Central German Struh, 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.

Bunnestruh (East Central German): bean straw

Definitions

  1. bean straw

Ancestry of “Bunnestruh”, step by step

Bunnestruh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via East Central German Struh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1East Central GermanStruhstraw
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

via East Central German Bunn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1East Central GermanBunnbean
2Middle High Germanbonebean
3Old High GermanbōnaA bean
4Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
5Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew-