Where does “rontti” come from?

rontti (Finnish) comes from Swedish strunt, from Middle Low German strunt, from Old Saxon strunt, from Proto-West Germanic strunt, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

rontti (Finnish): scoundrel

Definitions

  1. scoundrel

Ancestry of “rontti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstruntnonsense; that which is not worth paying...
2Middle Low Germanstrunt—
3Old Saxonstrunt—
4Proto-West Germanicstruntdirt, filth; dung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “rontti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic strunt →Every word from Old Saxon strunt →