Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “trough” come from?

trough (Middle English) comes from Old English trog, from Proto-Germanic trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European drukós.

Ancestry of “trough”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtrogtrough
2Proto-Germanictrugaztrough
3Proto-Indo-Europeandrukós—

Words derived from “trough”

  • trough
  • troughlike
  • pentrough
  • troughless
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drukós →