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Where does “tracz” come from?

tracz (Polish) comes from Polish trzeć, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

tracz (Polish): sawyer; merganser

Definitions

  1. sawyer; merganser

Ancestry of “tracz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtrzećto rub; to grate, to shred
2Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “tracz”

  • Tracz
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