Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strawą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

    From Pre-Germanic *strow-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European *strew-.[1]

    Noun

    *strawą n[1]

    1. straw

    Inflection

    Declension 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
      • Old Frisian: strē
      • Old Saxon: strō
        • Middle Low German: strô
          • German Low German: Stroh
          • Plautdietsch: Stroo
      • Old Dutch: strō
        • Middle Dutch: strô
          • Dutch: stro
          • Limburgish: struue
      • Old High German: strou, strō
    • Old Norse: strá

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*strawa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484