An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Trotte

by Friedrich Kluge

Trotte, feminine, ‘wine-press,’ from the equivalent Middle High German trotte (trote), Old High German trotta (trota), feminine; literally perhaps ‘place where the wine is pressed out by treading.’ A derivative of the Teutonic root tred (trod), which has been discussed under treten (see also the preceding word). For a term adopted with the Southern culture of the vine, see under Kelter (compare also Torkel).