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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | strunt | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | strunt | dirt, filth; dung |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
Words derived from “strunt”