Where does “trut” come from?

trut (Polish) comes from Polish truć, from Proto-Slavic truti, from Proto-Indo-European trewH-.

trut (Polish): drone; stench; leprosy

Definitions

  1. drone; stench; leprosy

Ancestry of “trut”, step by step

trut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish truć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtrućto poison
2Proto-Slavictrutito feed?; to consume?; to poison?
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantrewH-—

via Proto-Slavic trǫtъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictrǫtъdrone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic truti →Every word from Polish truć →