Where does “traba” come from?

traba (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic trabō, from Proto-Indo-European drāp-.

traba (Frankish): cloth, thread, rag

Definitions

  1. cloth, thread, rag

Ancestry of “traba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictrabōfringe
2Proto-Indo-Europeandrāp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drāp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trabō →
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