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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Trott

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Trott
Friedrich Kluge2509076An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — Trott1891John Francis Davis

Trott, m., ‘trot,’ ModHG. only, from the equiv. Ital. trotto (Fr. trot). This Rom. word is apparently based on OHG. trottôn, ‘to tread’ (late MidHG. trotten, ‘to run’), an intensive form of treten. E. to trot has been adopted from the borrowed Fr. term trotter. Comp. the following word.