Where does “troutling” come from?
troutling (English) comes from English trout, from Middle English troute, from Old English truht, from Old French truite, from Latin tructa, from Ancient Greek τρώκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
troutling (English): A young trout
Definitions
- A young trout
Ancestry of “troutling”, step by step
troutling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trout | Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae,... |
| 2 | Middle English | troute | trout certain fish of the genus |
| 3 | Old English | truht | trout |
| 4 | Old French | truite | — |
| 5 | Latin | tructa | a kind of trout |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τρώκτης | gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Ling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ling | Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae |
| 2 | Middle English | ling | Any of various varieties of heather or broom |
| 3 | Old Norse | lyng | heather, ling |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lingwą | heather, ling |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |