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Where does “ard-straid” come from?

ard-straid (Manx) comes from Manx straid, from Old Irish sráit, from Old Norse stræti, from Old Frisian strēte, from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō — sterile, infertile.

ard-straid (Manx): main street

Definitions

  1. main street

Ancestry of “ard-straid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxstraidstreet
2Old Irishsráitstreet, road, path, way
3Old Norsestrætistreet
4Old Frisianstrēte—
5Proto-West Germanicstrātustreet, paved road
6Latinstrāta—
7Latinstrātus—
8Latinsternō—
9Proto-Italicstornō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanstr̥-n-h₃-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
12Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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