English
strand
Strand comes from Old English strand ‘strand, sea-shore, shore’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to broaden, spread out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sterh₃-‘to broaden, spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)trAnt-‘strand, border, field’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*strandō‘edge, rim, shore’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*strandreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150strand‘strand, sea-shore, shore’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1557same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sterh₃-‘to broaden, spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)trAnt-‘strand, border, field’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*strandō‘edge, rim, shore’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*strandreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150strand‘strand, sea-shore, shore’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1557same form
Earliest quotation: 1557, Virgil, The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis: “A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to broaden, spread out’
street, straw, sternum, prostrate, stratum, stroma, stratus, 10 more
Today it means
noun The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- / strand