Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “trān” come from?

trān (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon trahn, from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu.

Ancestry of “trān”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trān”

  • Traan
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu →