Where does “strawpedo” come from?

strawpedo (English) comes from English straw, from Middle English straw, from Old English strēaw, 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.

strawpedo (English): A technique for drinking alcohol very quickly by...

Definitions

  1. A technique for drinking alcohol very quickly by...

Ancestry of “strawpedo”, step by step

strawpedo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English torpedo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtorpedoAn electric ray of the genus "Torpedo"; A...
2Latintorpēdōlethargy, inertness, sluggishness
3Latintorpeōto be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-
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