Where does “strunt” come from?

strunt (Scots) comes from Dutch stront, from Middle Dutch stront, from Old Dutch strunt, from Proto-West Germanic strunt, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

strunt (Scots): spirits, whisky, toddy; human faeces, dung

Definitions

  1. spirits, whisky, toddy; human faeces, dung

Ancestry of “strunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstrontshit, dung
2Middle Dutchstrontshit, manure; shit, dreck, manure
3Old Dutchstruntexcrement, turd, shit
4Proto-West Germanicstruntdirt, filth; dung
5Proto-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 Dutch strunt →