Where does “Waltran” come from?

Waltran (German) comes from German wal, from Middle High German wal, from Old High German wal, from Proto-West Germanic hwal, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

Waltran (German): whale oil; oil extracted from the fatty tissue (blubber) of whales

Definitions

  1. whale oil; oil extracted from the fatty tissue (blubber) of whales

Ancestry of “Waltran”, step by step

Waltran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwalwhale
2Middle High Germanwala whale
3Old High Germanwalbattlefield
4Proto-West Germanichwalwhale
5Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

via German trān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantrāntrain oil; oil extracted from the fatty tissue (blubber) of certain polar mammals
2Middle Low Germantrān—
3Old Saxontrahn—
4Proto-West Germanic*trahnutear in one's eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hwal →