An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Trank

by Friedrich Kluge

Trank, masculine, ‘drink, beverage,’ from the equivalent Middle High German tranc (k), masculine and neuter; an abstract from trinken. — To this Tränke, feminine, ‘watering-place’ (for animals), from the equivalent Middle High German tręnke, Old High German tręncha, feminine, is allied.