Where does “שטרוי” come from?

שטרוי (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German strō, from Old High German strō, 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.

שטרוי (Yiddish): straw

Definitions

  1. straw

Ancestry of “שטרוי”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrō—
2Old High Germanstrōstraw
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew- →