Where does “strohen” come from?

strohen (German) comes from German Stroh, 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.

strohen (German): straw

Definitions

  1. straw

Ancestry of “strohen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStrohstraw
2Middle High Germanstrō—
3Old High Germanstrōstraw
4Proto-West Germanicstraustraw
5Proto-Germanicstrawąstraw
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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