Where does “Tracz” come from?
Tracz (Polish) comes from Polish tracz, from Polish trzeć, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
Ancestry of “Tracz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | tracz | sawyer; merganser |
| 2 | Polish | trzeć | to rub; to grate, to shred |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |