Where does “strawberie” come from?

strawberie (Middle English) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

strawberie (Middle English): A strawberry fruit from plant of the genus

Definitions

  1. A strawberry fruit from plant of the genus

Ancestry of “strawberie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstrēawberġestrawberry
2Old Englishstrēawstraw
3Proto-West Germanicstraustraw
4Proto-Germanicstrawąstraw
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strawberie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew- →