Where does “travau” come from?

travau (Bourguignon) comes from Latin trabem, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.

travau (Bourguignon): beam

Definitions

  1. beam

Ancestry of “travau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrabemaccusative singular of trabs
2Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
3Indo-European*treb-—
Every word from Indo-European *treb- →Every word from Latin trabs →Every word from Latin trabem →