traan
Afrikaans
/trɑːn/
noun
Definitions
- tear, teardrop
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish traan (tear, fish oil) inherited from Middle Dutch trâen inherited from Old Dutch trān inherited from Proto-Germanic *trahnuz (tear).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*trahnuz
Gloss
tear
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- levertraan Dutch, Flemish
- traan Dutch, Flemish
- traangas Dutch, Flemish
- tranen Dutch, Flemish
- tranendal Dutch, Flemish
- tranenvloed Dutch, Flemish
- tranerig Dutch, Flemish
- walvistraan Dutch, Flemish
- *trahnuz Proto-Germanic
- traen Middle Dutch
- tranen Middle Dutch
- trâen Middle Dutch
- trān Old Dutch
- trahn Old Saxon
- *trān Old Frisian
- *trēn Old Frisian