Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strōd

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread; strew”), compare Sanskrit प्रस्तर (prastara, “plain”).

Noun

*strōd n or m or f

1. swamp, marsh

   Synonyms: *fani, *sīk, *sump

2. marshland

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*strōd
Genitive	*strōdiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*strōd	*strōdiʀu
Accusative	*strōd	*strōdiʀu
Genitive	*strōdiʀi	*strōdiʀō
Dative	*strōdiʀi	*strōdiʀum
Instrumental	*strōdiʀi	*strōdiʀum

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*strōd
Genitive	*strōdi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*strōd	*strōdi
Accusative	*strōdu	*strōdi
Genitive	*strōdi	*strōdō
Dative	*strōdi	*strōdum
Instrumental	*strōdi	*strōdum

Alternative reconstructions

• *strōþ, *strōþʀ (Anglo-Frisian)
• *strōdi (Continental)

Usage notes

• The gender and noun-type is uncertain: Old English shows a neuter a-stem with possible relics of a z-stem (due to Middle English strother); while Old High German has a feminine i-stem, possibly from an original consonant-stem.

Descendants

• Old English: strōd, strōþ n
  • Middle English: strothe
    • English: Strood (placename)
  • ⇒ Old English: *strōdor, *strōþor
    • Middle English: strother, struther
• Old Saxon: *strōd
  • Middle Low German: strôt m or f
    • Low German: Strod (Westphalian)
• Old Dutch: *strōd, *struoda f
  • Middle Dutch: stroede, stroet
    • Dutch: stroet, Stroe (placename)
  • → Latin: strude (attested in Latin texts)
• Old High German: struot f
  • Middle High German: struot
    • German: Struth (archaic)