strøya
Norwegian Nynorsk
/²strœʏɑ/
verb-3
Definitions
- to strew, scatter
- to sprinkle
- (euphemistic) urinate
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse strá (straw) derived from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (strew).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*strawjaną
Gloss
strew
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- raivata Finnish
- *strew- Proto-Indo-European
- strø Norwegian Bokmål
- *strawjaną Proto-Germanic
- *strawą Proto-Germanic
- strå Norwegian Nynorsk
- streawian Old English
- strewian Old English
- *streyja Old Norse
- strá Old Norse
- strå Danish
- strá Icelandic
- strewen Old High German
- 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- streuwian Old Saxon
- stra Old Swedish
- strøia Old Swedish
- strø̄ia, strøia Old Swedish
- ströj Westrobothnian