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Where does “stront” come from?

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

stront (Middle Dutch): shit, manure; shit, dreck, manure

Definitions

  1. shit, manure; shit, dreck, manure

Ancestry of “stront”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstruntexcrement, turd, shit
2Proto-West Germanicstruntdirt, filth; dung
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “stront”

  • strunt
  • stront
  • strunt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →