Where does “фокстрот” come from?
фокстрот (Russian) comes from English foxtrot, from English trot, from Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, from Medieval Latin trotto, from Frankish trottōn, from Proto-Germanic tradjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
фокстрот (Russian): foxtrot
Ancestry of “фокстрот”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | foxtrot | A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick... |
| 2 | English | trot | An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged... |
| 3 | Middle English | trotten | — |
| 4 | Old French | trotter | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | trotto | to go |
| 6 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |