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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strawą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *strow-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European *strew-.[1]
Noun
*strawą n[1]
- straw
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *strawą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *strawą | *strawō | |
| vocative | *strawą | *strawō | |
| accusative | *strawą | *strawō | |
| genitive | *strawas, *strawis | *strawǫ̂ | |
| dative | *strawai | *strawamaz | |
| instrumental | *strawō | *strawamiz | |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *strau
- Old English: strēaw
- Middle English: straw
- English: straw
- Scots: strae
- Yola: strew, stre
- Middle English: straw
- Old Frisian: stre
- Old Saxon: strō
- Middle Low German: strô
- Plautdietsch: Stroo
- Middle Low German: strô
- Old Dutch: strō
- Middle Dutch: strô
- Dutch: stro
- Middle Dutch: strô
- Old High German: strou, strō
- Middle High German: strō
- German: Stroh
- Luxembourgish: Stréi
- Vilamovian: śtruf
- Yiddish: שטרוי (shtroy)
- Middle High German: strō
- Old English: strēaw
- Old Norse: strá
- Icelandic: strá
- Faroese: strá
- Norwegian: strå
- Old Swedish: strā
- Swedish: strå
- Old Danish: stra
- Danish: strå
- Gutnish: strä
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*strawa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484