Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *štramba, close to Old Prussian strambo ‎(“stubble”), Lithuanian strampas ‎(“club, truncheon”), and Germanic *strambaz, in Norwegian dial. stramb ‎(“strong smell”), Middle Low German stram ‎(“strong, powerful”). Alternatively a derivative of Vulgar Latin *strambus, from Latin strabus, akin to Romanian strâmb.