English
Trabant
Trabant comes from German Trabant ‘bodyguard of a noble’, and goes back to Middle High German drabant ‘Hussite foot soldier’.
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350drabant‘Hussite foot soldier’
- Germanc. 1650–presentTrabant‘bodyguard of a noble’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350drabant‘Hussite foot soldier’
- Germanc. 1650–presentTrabant‘bodyguard of a noble’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Middle High German drabant
Today it means
noun A make of East German car.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle High German drabant / Trabant