Where does “trosse” come from?
trosse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German trosse, 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.
trosse (Norwegian Bokmål): a hawser; to defy, bid defiance to, hold one's...
Definitions
- a hawser; to defy, bid defiance to, hold one's...
Ancestry of “trosse”, step by step
trosse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German trosse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | trosse | — |
| 2 | Old French | trousse | pack; bunch, bundle |
| 3 | Latin | torsus | — |
| 4 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |