Where does “tronke” come from?

tronke (Middle English) comes from Old French tronc, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

tronke (Middle English): A large chest or storage container; A container...

Definitions

  1. A large chest or storage container; A container...

Ancestry of “tronke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtroncalms box, tree trunk, headless body; trunk
2Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “tronke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →Every word from Old French tronc →