English
strommel
Strommel comes from Old French *estramaille ‘straw for bedding’, from Proto-Indo-European *stérh₃mn̥ ‘that which is strewn’, and ultimately from *sterh₃- ‘to spread’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sterh₃-1‘to spread’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stérh₃mn̥2‘that which is strewn’reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strāmen2reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstramen1‘straw for bedding’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400*estramaille1‘straw for bedding’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1611strommel1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English strommel
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin stramen
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker: “My doxy I have by the Salomon a doxy,…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sterh₃-Wiktionary, English strommel‘to spread’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stérh₃mn̥Wiktionary, Latin stramen‘that which is strewn’reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strāmenWiktionary, Latin stramenreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstramenWiktionary, English strommel‘straw for bedding’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400*estramailleWiktionary, English strommel‘straw for bedding’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1611strommelWiktionary, English strommel. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker: “My doxy I have by the Salomon a doxy,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to spread’
street, straw, strand, sternum, stratum, prostrate, stratus, 10 more
Today it means
noun Straw.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “strommel”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin stramen. 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 *sterh₃- / strommel