Where does “strown” come from?
strown (English) comes from English strow, from English strew, from Middle English strewen, from Old English strewian, from Old English strēawian, from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic strawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European strowéyeti — sterile, infertile.
strown (English): past participle of strow
Ancestry of “strown”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | strow | Obsolete form of strew |
| 2 | English | strew | To distribute objects or pieces of something over... |
| 3 | Middle English | strewen | — |
| 4 | Old English | strewian | Alternative form of strēawian; to strew, scatter |
| 5 | Old English | strēawian | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *strauwjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | strawjaną | to strew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strowéyeti | to strew, to disperse; to spawn |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |