Where does “trade” come from?
trade (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon trada, from Proto-West Germanic *trudo.
trade (Middle Low German): track, course
Ancestry of “trade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | trada | spoor, track |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *trudo | — |
Words derived from “trade”