English
Strathspey
Strathspey comes from Scottish Gaelic Srath Spè, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to spread, extend, stretch out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sterh₃-‘to spread, extend, stretch out’root as named · steps between not traced
- Scottish GaelicmodernSrath Spè
- EnglishtodayStrathspey
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sterh₃-‘to spread, extend, stretch out’root as named · steps between not traced
- Scottish GaelicmodernSrath Spè
- EnglishtodayStrathspey
Formed from strath + Spey
Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to extend, spread, stretch out’
Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós ‘spread’
Proto-Celtic *stratos ‘valley’
Old Irish srath ‘grass, sward’
Irish srath ‘holm, bottom’
English strath
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 The area encompassing the upper part of the strath (valley) of Scotland’s River Spey in Highland council area, from its source in Loch Spey to the strath’s capital, Grantown-on-Spey.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- / Strathspey