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Where does “troken” come from?

troken (Middle English) comes from Old English trucian, from Proto-West Germanic *trokōn.

Ancestry of “troken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtrucianto fail, run out, fall short; to disappoint;...
2Proto-West Germanic*trokōn—
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