trone

The story

1. Old Norse · derived fromtrönur“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtrone
3. Middle English · inherited fromtrone“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”
4. English todaytrone

From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), plural of trana, trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”). Cognate with Danish trane (“crane”).

Words from the same roots