Where does “strawcraft” come from?

strawcraft (English) comes from English craft, from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

strawcraft (English): The making of things from straw

Definitions

  1. The making of things from straw

Ancestry of “strawcraft”, step by step

strawcraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English craft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcraftStrength; power; might; force; Intellectual...
2Germankrafton the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,...
3Middle High Germankraft
4Old High Germankraft
5Proto-West Germanickraftustrength, power; skill
6Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
7Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via English straw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstrawA dried stalk of a cereal plant; Such dried...
2Middle EnglishstrawThe remaining plant material after cultivation;...
3Old Englishstrēawstraw
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus