strath

strath · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*str̥h₃tós“spread; stretched”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*stratos“valley”
3. Old Irish · derived fromsrath“grass, sward; river valley; floor of river valley; river meadow”
4. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromsrath“wide, flat river valley, strath; floor of river valley; river meadow”
5. Irish · borrowed fromsrath
6. English todaystrath

Borrowed from Irish srath and Scottish Gaelic srath (“wide, flat river valley, strath; floor of river valley; river meadow”), both from Old Irish srath (“grass, sward; river valley; floor of river valley; river meadow”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós (“spread; stretched”, adjective), from *sterh₃- (“to extend, spread, stretch out”). The meaning was likely influenced by a Cumbric/Pictish cognate; compare Welsh ystrad. Doublet of stratus.

Strath · proper noun²

Clipping of Strathclyde.

Words from the same roots