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Where does “þustaz” come from?

þustaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tews-, from Proto-Indo-European tu- — to swell; bird-cry, shriek.

þustaz (Proto-Germanic): manure

Definitions

  1. manure

Ancestry of “þustaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantews-to be empty; to drain; to be happy
2Proto-Indo-Europeantu-to swell; bird-cry, shriek

Words derived from “þustaz”

  • thost
  • þost
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