English
Strathcona
Strathcona comes from Irish srath ‘holm, bottom’, from Old Irish srath ‘grassland’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to spread, extend, stretch out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sterh₃-‘to spread, extend, stretch out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*str̥h₃tós‘stretched, spread’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*stratos‘valley’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900srath‘grassland’
- Irishc. 1200–presentsame form‘holm, bottom’
- EnglishtodayStrathcona
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sterh₃-‘to spread, extend, stretch out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*str̥h₃tós‘stretched, spread’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*stratos‘valley’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900srath‘grassland’
- Irishc. 1200–presentsame form‘holm, bottom’
- EnglishtodayStrathcona
The story
1897, Irish srath + Coe (modern strath), a variant of Glencoe, invented in Canada to avoid the negative associations with the Massacre of Glencoe (1692), created as an aristocratic title for Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. Other uses derive from places named after Smith.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to spread, extend, stretch out’
street, straw, strand, sternum, prostrate, stroma, substratum, 11 more
Today it means
name A neighbourhood of Edmonton and former city in central Alberta; the business district of which is now called "Old Strathcona".
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- / Strathcona