An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Trott

by Friedrich Kluge

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.