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Where does “štrena” come from?

štrena (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Strähne, from Middle High German strene, from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *strenō.

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Ancestry of “štrena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSträhnestrand
2Middle High Germanstreneskein, strand
3Old High Germanstrenostrand
4Proto-West Germanic*strenō—
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