Where does “trøye” come from?

trøye (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse treyja, from Middle Low German troye, from Old French troie — coat from Troyes.

trøye (Norwegian Bokmål): a shirt, jacket, or other garment which covers...

Definitions

  1. a shirt, jacket, or other garment which covers...

Ancestry of “trøye”, step by step

trøye traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse treyja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetreyjajerkin; war-jacket
2Middle Low Germantroye
3Old Frenchtroiecoat from Troyes

via Middle Low German troie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantroie

Words derived from “trøye

Every word from Old French troieEvery word from Middle Low German troyeEvery word from Old Norse treyja