Where does “struntprat” come from?

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

struntprat (Swedish): nonsense, rubbish (talk)

Definitions

  1. nonsense, rubbish (talk)

Ancestry of “struntprat”, step by step

struntprat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish strunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstruntnonsense; that which is not worth paying...
2Middle Low Germanstrunt—
3Old Saxonstrunt—
4Proto-West Germanicstruntdirt, filth; dung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via Swedish prat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishpratSpeech, talk
2Proto-Germanicprattuzboastful talk; deceit, trickery, stratagem, list,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbrodnó-to wander about
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic strunt →Every word from Old Saxon strunt →