Etymograph

English

strind

Strind comes from Old English strīend ‘generation’, from Proto-Germanic *streuną ‘heap’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to spread around, strew’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strew-1‘to spread around, strew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*streuną2‘heap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*striundiz2reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*striundi2reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150strīend3as *strynd‘generation’reconstructed
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500strind3
  7. Englishtodaystrind3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *streuną
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old English striend
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English strind

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strew-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *streuną‘to spread around, strew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*streunąWiktionary, Old English striend‘heap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*striundizWiktionary, Old English striendreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*striundiWiktionary, Old English striendreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150strīendWiktionary, English strindas *strynd‘generation’reconstructed
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500strindWiktionary, English strind
  7. EnglishtodaystrindWiktionary, English strind

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to spread around, strew’

construction, structure, destroy, destruction, instrument, construct, destructive, instructor, straw, obstruction, stray, instruct, obstruct, perestroika, construe, stripling, 11 more

through Proto-Germanic *streuną ‘heap’

strain

Another origin of strind

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strew-‘to spread around, strew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*streuną‘heap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*striundizreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*striundireconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150strīendas strȳnd‘generation’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500strind
  7. Englishtodaystrind

Today it means

noun A ditch or water-channel.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “strind”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *streuną, Old English striend. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *strew- / strind

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