Strath
/stræθ/noun
A broad, flat river valley, especially in Scotland.
Did you know?Strath comes from Old Irish and related Celtic forms tied to the idea of a wide, flat stretch, not from anything mystical—yet it still feels like a word for an opened-up, enchanted valley.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*stere-
“to spread, stretch out, extend”
Proto-Celtic
PCelt
*strato-
“spread out, flat”
Old Irish
OIr
srath
“flat land, river meadow”
Old Scots
Scots
strath
“broad valley, especially in Scotland”
Modern English
English
strath
“a broad, flat river valley”