Where does “trame” come from?

trame (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic drum, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.

trame (Middle Dutch): narrow shaft, beam

Definitions

  1. narrow shaft, beam

Ancestry of “trame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrumsplinter, fragment
2Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Germanic drum