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”

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