Where does “struntviktig” come from?

struntviktig (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.

struntviktig (Swedish): self-important, pretentious

Definitions

  1. self-important, pretentious

Ancestry of “struntviktig”, step by step

struntviktig 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 viktig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishviktigimportant, relevant, having priority
2Swedishviktweight, mass; a weight; importance of something

Words derived from “struntviktig

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-Every word from Proto-West Germanic struntEvery word from Old Saxon strunt