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

dirt, filth
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

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