strawbery

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) streowberie, streawberge, stræberie, streaberie, strauberi
• strobery, strebere, streberi, strebery, strawebery, strabery

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *strow-o-m

Proto-Germanic *strawą

Proto-West Germanic *strau

Old English strēaw

Proto-Germanic *bazją

Proto-West Germanic *baʀi

Old English berġe

Old English strēawberġe

Middle English strawbery

From Old English strēawberġe; equivalent to straw +‎ berye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrau̯bɛriː(ə)/, /ˈstrɛːbɛriː(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈstrɑːbɛriː(ə)/

Noun

strawbery (plural strawberyes or streberyen)

1. A strawberry (fruit from plant of the genus Fragaria).
2. A strawberry (plant of the genus Fragaria).

Descendants

• English: strawberry (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: strabery, strayberrie

References

• “strau-berī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.