Where does “Streusiedlung” come from?

Streusiedlung (German) comes from German streuen, from Middle High German ströuwen, from Old High German strewen, from Proto-Germanic strawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European strowéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

Streusiedlung (German): dispersed settlement, scattered settlement

Definitions

  1. dispersed settlement, scattered settlement

Ancestry of “Streusiedlung”, step by step

Streusiedlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German streuen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstreuento strew, to scatter, to sprinkle; to spread
2Middle High Germanströuwen—
3Old High Germanstrewen—
4Proto-Germanicstrawjanąto strew
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrowéyetito strew, to disperse; to spawn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via German Siedlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSiedlungsettlement; Short for Wohnsiedlung
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
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