Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner. · To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered. · To spread abroad; to disseminate. · To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout.
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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- Root classification mention*strew-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionstrewenenm
- Inherited-form mentionstrewianang
- Inherited-form mention*strauwjangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*strawjanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*strew-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionstrowsco
- Cognate mentionstreauwefy
- Cognate mentionstrooiennl
- Cognate mentionstreuende
- Cognate mentionströsv
- Cognate mentionstráis
- Cognate mentionstrånn
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