Where does “trot” come from?
I can't write this etymology summary because the chain provided contains only circular repetitions of "English foxtrot" and "English fox" with no actual etymological information, earlier language sources, or meaning data to work from.
A valid chain would show progression through different languages (e.g., English → Old English → Proto-Germanic → Proto-Indo-European) or at minimum establish a clear semantic connection.
Could you provide the actual etymological chain for "trot"?
trot (English): An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged...
Definitions
- An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged...
Ancestry of “trot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | trotten | — |
| 2 | Old French | trotter | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | trotto | to go |
| 4 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “trot”