The story
- Old English · inherited fromstrōd“marshy land”
- Middle English · inherited fromStrother
- English todayStrother
From Middle English Strother (surname and placename), from strother (“marsh”), probably from Old English strōd (“marshy land”) (in Scots, beside forms with -th- like Ravenstruther, stroder and other forms with -d- are attested), whence also Strood.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstrōd all →
StroodStrudwick
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.