struz

See also: Struz, struż, and strúz

Old High German

Alternative forms

*strūzo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian struzzo, or Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

Noun

strūz m

ostrich

Declension

Declension of strūz (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	strūz	strūza
accusative	strūz	strūza
genitive	strūzes	strūzo
dative	strūze	strūzum
instrumental	strūzu	—

Descendants

Middle High German: strūze, strūz, strouz
- German: Strauß
- Hunsrik: Straus
- Luxembourgish: Strauss
- Yiddish: שטרויס (shtroys)
- → Czech: pštros
- → Slovak: pštros

References

Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

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