Where does “treni” come from?
treni (Esperanto) comes from French traîner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
treni (Esperanto): to drag, to tow
Ancestry of “treni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | traîner | to pull, drag; to lag behind, dawdle; to lie... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 3 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
Words derived from “treni”