Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strunt

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff, rigid”). If so, then related to Proto-West Germanic *strunk (“stump”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*strunt m

1. dirt, filth
2. dung

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*strunt
Genitive	*struntas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*strunt	*struntō, *struntōs
Accusative	*strunt	*struntā
Genitive	*struntas	*struntō
Dative	*struntē	*struntum
Instrumental	*struntu	*struntum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: strunt
  • Saterland Frisian: Strunt
  • West Frisian: stront
• Old Saxon: *strunt
  • Middle Low German: strunt, stront
    • German Low German: Strunt
    • → Swedish: strunt
    • → Scots: strunt (also possibly from Dutch)
      • → English: strunt
• Old Dutch: *strunt
  • Middle Dutch: stront
    • Dutch: stront
      • Afrikaans: stront
• Old High German: *strunz
  • Middle High German: *strunz
    • German: Strunz (in surnames)
  • → Middle Low German: struns
  • → Italian: stronzo
    • ⇒ Italian: stronzolo
  • → Sicilian: strunzu
• → Late Latin: struntus
  • Old French: estront
    • Middle French: étront
      • French: étron