The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sterh₃-“to spread”
- Latin · derived fromstramen“straw for bedding”
- Old French · derived from*estramaille“straw for bedding”
- English todaystrommel
From Old French *estramaille (“straw for bedding”), from Latin stramen (“straw for bedding”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread”).
Words from the same roots
Latinstramen all →
stramenopile
Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃- all →
streetstrandTheron
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.