Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trahnuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 forms

*trahr-, *trahruz?

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑx.nuz/

Noun

*trahnuz m

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
Old High German: trahan, trān
- Middle High German: trahen, trān, trōn; træne (pl); trahær, traher, treher
  - German: Träne

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