Where does “trosse” come from?

trosse (Middle Low German) comes from Old French trousse, from Latin torsus, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “trosse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtroussepack; bunch, bundle
2Latintorsus—
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “trosse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →