Where does “strunt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “strunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonstrunt—
2Proto-West Germanicstruntdirt, filth; dung
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strunt”

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