Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trahnuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

• *trahr-, *trahruz?

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *draḱru-, a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru- (“tear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑx.nuz/

Noun

*trahnuz m

1. (West Germanic) tear (in one's eye)

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *trahnuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*trahnuz	*trahniwiz
vocative	*trahnu	*trahniwiz
accusative	*trahnų	*trahnunz
genitive	*trahnauz	*trahniwǫ̂
dative	*trahniwi	*trahnumaz
instrumental	*trahnū	*trahnumiz

Related terms

• *tahrą

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *trān, *trēn
  • Saterland Frisian: Troone
  • West Frisian: trien
• Old Saxon: trahn; trahni (pl)
  • Middle Low German: trān, trāne
    • German Low German: Traan
    • → German: Tran (“fish oil”)
• Old Dutch: trān
  • Middle Dutch: trâen
    • Dutch: traan
      • → West Frisian: traan
    • Limburgish: traon
• Old High German: trahan, trān
  • Middle High German: trahen, trān, trōn; træne (pl); trahær, traher, treher
    • Central Franconian: Tron
    • German: Träne