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”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑx.nuz/

Noun

*trahnuz m

(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

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tagra- ~ *trahna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 504-5

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tagra- ~ *trahna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 504-5

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