Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strau

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

From Proto-Germanic *strawą.

Noun

*strau n

1. straw

Inflection

Neuter wa-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*strau
Genitive	*strawas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*strau	*strau
Accusative	*strau	*strau
Genitive	*strawas	*strawō
Dative	*strawē	*straum
Instrumental	*strau	*straum

Descendants

• Old English: strēaw
  • Middle English: straw
    • English: straw
    • Scots: strae
    • Yola: strew, stre
• Old Frisian: strē
  • Saterland Frisian: Sträi
  • West Frisian: strie
• Old Saxon: strō
  • Middle Low German: strô
    • German Low German: Stroh
    • Plautdietsch: Stroo
• Old Dutch: strō
  • Middle Dutch: strô
    • Dutch: stro
• Old High German: strou, strō
  • Middle High German: strō
    • German: Stroh
    • Luxembourgish: Stréi
    • Vilamovian: śtruf
    • Yiddish: שטרוי (shtroy)