English

Strathtay

From strath + Tay.

Formed from strath + Tay

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’

Proto-Brythonic Tausa ‘silent, strong, or flowing’

English Tay

Today it means

name A village within the valley in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9053).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Strathtay