Where does “Traan” come from?
Traan (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German trān, from Old Saxon trahn, from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu.
Traan (German Low German): tear
Ancestry of “Traan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | trān | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | trahn | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *trahnu | — |