Where does “strewn” come from?

Strewn comes from the Old English past participle of strawen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ster-, meaning to spread or scatter.

strewn (English): past participle of strew

Definitions

  1. past participle of strew

Ancestry of “strewn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstrewTo distribute objects or pieces of something over...
2Middle Englishstrewen—
3Old EnglishstrewianAlternative form of strēawian; to strew, scatter
4Old Englishstrēawianto strew
5Proto-West Germanic*strauwjanto strew, to spread out
6Proto-Germanicstrawjanąto strew
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstrowéyetito strew, to disperse; to spawn
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
9Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strewn”

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