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Where does “trukken” come from?

trukken (Middle English) comes from Old French troquier, from Medieval Latin troco, from Frankish trokan, from Proto-Germanic trukaną.

Ancestry of “trukken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtroquierto offer in exchange
2Medieval Latintrocoto barter; I barter
3Frankishtrokanto barter, cheat
4Proto-Germanictrukaną—

Words derived from “trukken”

  • troak
  • troke
  • troak
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