*strandō

Runic: ᛊᛏᚱᚨᚾᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈstrɑn.dɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

edge; rim
shore, strand

Etymology

Possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (‘to broaden, spread out’), and cognate with Old Irish trét (‘herd’), Lithuanian trénta (‘place, region, direction’). Kroonen however assigns no etymology.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	strandō	strandôz
Acc.	strandǭ	strandōz
Gen.	strandōz	strandǫ̂
Dat.	strandōi	strandōmaz
Inst.	strandō	strandōmiz
Voc.	strandō	strandôz

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Descendants

*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- *strand (Old Dutch)
  - strand, strant, strange, strang (Middle Dutch)
    - strand (Dutch)
      - strand (Afrikaans)
*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- *strand (Old Dutch)
  - strand, strant, strange, strang (Middle Dutch)
    - estranghe (Picard Old French)
      - estranc, estran (Middle French)
        
        estran (French)
*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- strand (Old English)
  - estrande, estran (Old French)
*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- strand (Old English)
  - stronde, strande, stron, strond, strounde, strone (Middle English)
    - strand (English)
    - strand (Scots)
    - sthroane, sthroan, sthrone, stronde (Yola)
*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- stran (Old Frisian)
  - Strand (Saterland Frisian)
  - strân (West Frisian)
*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- stran (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
    - strun (Föhr)
    - ströön (Hallig)
    - Strun (Helgoland)
    - strönj (Mooring)
*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- *strant (Old High German)
  - strant, strand (Middle High German)
    - Strand (Luxembourgish)
*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- *strant (Old High German)
  - strant, strand (Middle High German)
    - Strand (German)
      - strand (Hungarian)
      - ștrand (Romanian)
      - ? (Serbo-Croatian)
*strand (Proto-West Germanic)
- *strand (Old Saxon)
  - strant (Middle Low German)
    - Strand (German Low German)
    - Straunt (Plautdietsch)
strǫnd (Old Norse)
- strand (Danish)
- strond (Faroese)
- strand (Gutnish)
- strönd (Icelandic)
- stranjd (Norn)
- strand (Norwegian Bokmål)
- strond, strand, strønd (Norwegian Nynorsk)
strǫnd (Old Norse)
- strand (Old Swedish)
  - strand (Swedish)
*ranta (Proto-Finnic)

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