Where does “Stroh” come from?

Stroh (German) comes from Middle High German strō, from Old High German strō, 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.

Stroh (German): straw

Definitions

  1. straw

Ancestry of “Stroh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrō—
2Old High Germanstrōstraw
3Proto-West Germanicstraustraw
4Proto-Germanicstrawąstraw
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “Stroh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →