Where does “ストロベリー” come from?
ストロベリー (Japanese) comes from English strawberry, from Middle English strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, from Old English strēaw, from Proto-West Germanic strau, from Proto-Germanic strawą, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- — sterile, infertile.
ストロベリー (Japanese): a strawberry
Definitions
- a strawberry
Ancestry of “ストロベリー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strawberry | The sweet, usually red, edible fruit of certain... |
| 2 | Middle English | strawbery | A strawberry |
| 3 | Old English | strēawberġe | strawberry |
| 4 | Old English | strēaw | straw |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | strau | straw |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strawą | straw |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |