Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “troit” come from?

troit (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European trewd- — to push, to thrust.

troit (Old Irish): fight, battle, quarrel

Definitions

  1. fight, battle, quarrel

Ancestry of “troit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust

Words derived from “troit”

  • troid
  • troid
  • trod
  • trot
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