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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strōd

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread; strew”), compare Sanskrit प्रस्तर (prastara, “plain”).[1]

Noun

*strōd n or m or f

  1. swamp, marsh
    Synonyms: *fani, *sīk, *sump
  2. marshland

Inflection
z-stem
Singular
Nominative *strōd
Genitive *strōdiʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *strōd *strōdiʀu
Accusative *strōd *strōdiʀu
Genitive *strōdiʀi *strōdiʀō
Dative *strōdiʀi *strōdiʀum
Instrumental *strōdiʀi *strōdiʀum

Inflection
Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *strōd
Genitive *strōdi
Singular Plural
Nominative *strōd *strōdi
Accusative *strōdu *strōdi
Genitive *strōdi *strōdō
Dative *strōdi *strōdum
Instrumental *strōdi *strōdum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *strōþ, *strōþʀ (Anglo-Frisian)
  • *strōdi (Continental)

Usage notes
  • The gender and noun-type is uncertain: Old English shows a neuter a-stem with possible relics of a z-stem (due to Middle English strother); while Old High German has a feminine i-stem, possibly from an original consonant-stem.

Descendants
  • Old English: strōd, strōþ n
    • Middle English: strothe
    • ⇒ Old English: *strōdor, *strōþor
      • Middle English: strother, struther
  • Old Saxon: *strōd
    • Middle Low German: strôt m or f
      • Low German: Strod (Westphalian)
  • Old Dutch: *strōd, *struoda f
  • Old High German: struot f
    • Middle High German: struot
      • German: Struth (archaic)

References
  1. de Vries, Jan (1971) “stroet”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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