Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trewwō

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

*trewō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *drewo-, *derwo-, *dóru (“tree”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtrew.wɔː/

Noun

*trewwō f

fidelity, pledge

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *trewwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*trewwō	*trewwôz
vocative	*trewwō	*trewwôz
accusative	*trewwǭ	*trewwōz
genitive	*trewwōz	*trewwǫ̂
dative	*trewwōi	*trewwōmaz
instrumental	*trewwō	*trewwōmiz

Related terms

*triwwiz
*triwwijaną
*trūwijaną

Descendants

Old English: trēow, trȳw; trēowa, trūwa
- Middle English: trewe, truw, tru; trewes, trues
  - Scots: trew, trewe, trewis, truce
  - English: true, truce
  - → Old French: trues
Old Frisian: triōwe, triūwe, trouwe
- Saterland Frisian: Trjoue, Tjoue
- West Frisian: trou
Old Saxon: treuwa
- Middle Low German: truwe, trouwe
  - Low German: Troue
  - → Old Norse: trú
    - Icelandic: trú
    - Faroese: trúgv
    - Danish: tro
    - Swedish: tro
    - Norwegian: tro
Frankish: *trewwa, *triwwa, *treuwa, *triuwa
- Old Dutch: triuwa
  - Middle Dutch: trouwe, trūwe
    - Dutch: trouw
- → Latin: *trewa
  - Old French: triwe, trive, trieve
    - Middle French: trieve
      - French: trêve
  - Occitan: treva, trev
  - Latin: trewa
Old High German: triuwa, trūwa, trūa
- Middle High German: triuwe
  - German: Treue
  - Luxembourgish: Trei
Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa)
- → Latin: *tregua, treuga
  - Galician: tregua
  - Italian: tregua
  - Occitan: tregua
  - Spanish: tregua
  - Portuguese: trégua
  - → English: treague

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