Where does “trunke” come from?

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

trunke (Middle English): Alternative form of tronke

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of tronke

Ancestry of “trunke”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →Every word from Old French tronc →