Strand
Old English (as a noun), of unknown origin. The verb dates from the early 17th century.
wiktionary
From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand(“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *strandō(“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-(“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-(“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand, Norwegian Bokmål strand.
Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand(“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran(“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene(“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *strenō, from Proto-Germanic *strinô(“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster-(“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streen(“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne(“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”).
etymonline
strand (n.1)
"shore, beach," Old English strand "sea-shore," from Proto-Germanic *strandaz (source also of Danish and Swedish strand "beach, shore, strand," Old Norse strönd "border, edge, shore," Old Frisian strond, Middle Dutch strant, Dutch strand, Middle Low German strant, German Strand "beach"), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from PIE root *ster- "to stretch out." Strictly, the part of a shore that lies between the tide-marks. Formerly also used of river banks, hence the London street name (1246).
strand (n.2)
"individual fiber of a rope, string, etc.," late 15c., probably from a continental Germanic source akin to Old High German streno "lock, tress, strand of hair," Middle Dutch strene "a skein, hank of thread," German Strähne "a skein, strand," of unknown connection. Perhaps to English via an Old French form.
strand (v.)
1620s, "to drive aground on a shore," from strand (n.1); figurative sense of "leave helpless," as of a ship left aground by the tide, is first recorded 1837. Related: Stranded; stranding.
