strew

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*strew-“to spread, scatter”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*strawjaną“to strew”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*strauwjan
4. Old English · inherited fromstrewian
5. Middle English · inherited fromstrewen
6. English todaystrew

From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”). Cognate with Scots strow, straw (“to strew”), West Frisian streauwe (“to strew”), Dutch strooien (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”), German streuen (“to strew, scatter”), Swedish strö (“to strew”), Icelandic strá (“to strew”), Norwegian Nynorsk strå (“to strew”).

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