Where does “trau” come from?

trau (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan trau, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.

trau (Occitan): beam

Definitions

  1. beam

Ancestry of “trau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantrau—
2Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
3Indo-European*treb-—
Every word from Indo-European *treb- →Every word from Latin trabs →Every word from Old Occitan trau →