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Where does “strunz” come from?

strunz (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic strunt, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

strunz (Old High German): dung

Definitions

  1. dung

Ancestry of “strunz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstruntdirt, filth; dung
2Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strunz”

  • Strunz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →