streuwe

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German strewen, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, strew”). Cognate with German streuen, Dutch strooien, English strew, Icelandic strá, Swedish strö, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (straujan). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin struō (“I build, prepare, arrange”).

Noun

streuwe

(Uri) to spread, scatter

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 29.

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