Where does “tranowy” come from?

tranowy (Polish) comes from Polish tran, from German trān, from Middle Low German trān, from Old Saxon trahn, from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu — tear in one's eye.

tranowy (Polish): fish oil

Definitions

  1. fish oil

Ancestry of “tranowy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtranfish oil
2Germantrāntrain oil; oil extracted from the fatty tissue (blubber) of certain polar mammals
3Middle Low Germantrān—
4Old Saxontrahn—
5Proto-West Germanic*trahnutear in one's eye
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu →Every word from Old Saxon trahn →Every word from Middle Low German trān →