Etymology

trough

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Today it means: A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. Full definition →

Middle English trogh ← Old English troh ← Proto-West Germanic *trog
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*drukós
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*trugą
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*trog
  4. Old English · inherited fromtroh
  5. Middle English · inherited fromtrogh
  6. English todaytrough

PIE word *dóru From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”). See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree.

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