Where does “trun” come from?

trun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Vietic p-luːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (b)ruun.

trun (Serbo-Croatian): tiny piece, bit, scrape; a small part of a tree

Definitions

  1. tiny piece, bit, scrape; a small part of a tree

Ancestry of “trun”, step by step

trun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic p-luːn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticp-luːnearthworm
2Proto-Mon-Khmer(b)ruun

via Old Czech trón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechtrón
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (b)ruunEvery word from Proto-Vietic p-luːn
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