Where does “stronteigenwijs” come from?

stronteigenwijs (Dutch) comes from Dutch stront-, from Dutch stront, from Middle Dutch stront, from Old Dutch strunt, from Proto-West Germanic strunt, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

stronteigenwijs (Dutch): extremely stubborn

Definitions

  1. extremely stubborn

Ancestry of “stronteigenwijs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstront-very (in a negative sense); as hell
2Dutchstrontshit, dung
3Middle Dutchstrontshit, manure; shit, dreck, manure
4Old Dutchstruntexcrement, turd, shit
5Proto-West Germanicstruntdirt, filth; dung
6Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic strunt →Every word from Old Dutch strunt →
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