An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Truhe

by Friedrich Kluge

Truhe, feminine, ‘trunk, chest,’ from Middle High German truhe (*trucke is indicated by dialectic Trucke), Old High German truha (truccha), feminine, ‘chest, cupboard,’ Old Icelandic þró (from þrū̆h), and Anglo-Saxon þrûk, ‘chest, drawer,’ seem to be allied in meaning although the sounds do not entirely correspond. In any case Latin truncus, ‘trunk’ (of a tree) is not allied. If Anglo-Saxon þrûh is not identical with High German Truhe (Middle Latin trucca), the latter may be connected with Trog; Truhe (literally ‘wooden vessel’) would then be Aryan drū̆k- (drukn-).