struz

See also: Struz, struż, and strúz

Middle High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠truːs/

Etymology 1

    From Old High German strūȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *strūcijō, borrowed from Late Latin strūthiō, borrowed from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn), from στρουθός (strouthós) + -ίων (-íōn).

    Alternative forms

    • strouȥ

    Noun

    strūȥ m

    1. ostrich
    Declension
    Descendants
    • Central Franconian:
    • German: Strauß
    • Yiddish: שטרויס (shtroys)
    • Czech: pštros
    • Slovak: pštros

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    strūȥ m

    1. fight; argument
    Descendants

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    strūȥ m

    1. alternative form of strūch (shrub)
    Descendants

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “STRÛƷ”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "strūȥ" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

    Old High German

    Alternative forms

    • *strūȥo

    Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *strūcijō, borrowed from Late Latin strūthiō, borrowed from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn), from στρουθός (strouthós) + -ίων (-íōn).

      Noun

      strūȥ m

      1. ostrich

      Declension

      Declension of strūȥ (masculine a-stem)
      case singular plural
      nominative strūȥ strūȥā, strūȥa
      accusative strūȥ strūȥā, strūȥa
      genitive strūȥes strūȥo
      dative strūȥe strūȥum
      instrumental strūȥu

      Descendants

      References