English
strawbed
From straw + bed.
Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘barren, infertile’
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Proto-Germanic *strawą ‘that which is strewn, straw’
Proto-West Germanic *strau
Old English strēaw
Middle English straugh
English straw
Proto-Germanic *badją ‘resting-place’
Proto-West Germanic *badi ‘plot of ground’
Old English bedd
Middle English bed ‘a bed’
English bed
Today it means
noun A mattress made of dry straw in a cloth sack, often used beneath a featherbed or other softer mattress.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / strawbed