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Where does “trâen” come from?

trâen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu.

Ancestry of “trâen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtrān—
2Proto-West Germanic*trahnu—

Words derived from “trâen”

  • train oil
  • tranenvloed
  • traan
  • levertraan
  • walvistraan
  • tranerig
  • traanklier
  • tranendal
  • tranen
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu →