Where does “strand” come from?

strand (German) comes from Middle High German strant, from Old High German strand, from Proto-Germanic strandō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)trAnt-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

strand (German): beach

Definitions

  1. beach

Ancestry of “strand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrant—
2Old High Germanstrand—
3Proto-Germanicstrandōedge; rim; shore, strand
4Proto-Indo-European(s)trAnt-strand, border, field
5Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strand”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →