Where does “lagustræt” come from?
lagustræt (Old English) comes from Old English strǣt, from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō, from Proto-Indo-European str̥-n-h₃-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- — sterile, infertile.
lagustræt (Old English): ocean
Definitions
- ocean
Ancestry of “lagustræt”, step by step
lagustræt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English strǣt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | strǣt | road; a road, a town-road, a street, a paved... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | strātu | street, paved road |
| 3 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 4 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via Old English lagu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | lagu | sea, water, lake; the runic character ᛚ; law,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | lǫg | fate; situation, the condition that one is given... |
| 3 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 4 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |