strew

Etymology

Came into English via Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), which developed from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”). It is 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”), and Norwegian Nynorsk strå (“to strew”).