Where does “strass” come from?

strass (Swedish) comes from French strass — paste, rhinestone.

strass (Swedish): rhinestone, strass

Definitions

  1. rhinestone, strass

Ancestry of “strass”, step by step

strass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French strass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstrasspaste, rhinestone

via German Strass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStrassrhinestone, paste

Words derived from “strass”

Every word from French strass →