Where does “trot” come from?

trot (Torres Strait Creole) comes from English throat, from Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, from Old English þrota, from Proto-Germanic þrutǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

trot (Torres Strait Creole): throat

Definitions

  1. throat

Ancestry of “trot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthroatThe front part of the neck; The gullet or...
2Middle Englishthrotethroat
3Old Englishþrotethroat
4Old Englishþrota—
5Proto-Germanicþrutǭswell
6Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrutǭ →Every word from Old English þrota →
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