Where does “breiðstræti” come from?
breiðstræti (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic stræti, from Old Norse stræti, from Old Frisian strēte, from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō — sterile, infertile.
breiðstræti (Icelandic): avenue, boulevard
Definitions
- avenue, boulevard
Ancestry of “breiðstræti”, step by step
breiðstræti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic stræti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | stræti | street |
| 2 | Old Norse | stræti | street |
| 3 | Old Frisian | strēte | street |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | strātu | street, paved road |
| 5 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 6 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 7 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |