An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Trotte

by Friedrich Kluge

Trotte, f., ‘wine-press,’ from the equiv. MidHG. trotte (trote), OHG. trotta (trota), f.; lit. perhaps ‘place where the wine is pressed out by treading.’ A derivative of the Teut. 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 (comp. also Torkel).