Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trewwō

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 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

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *treuwu
- Old English: trēow, trȳw
  - Middle English: trewe, truw, tru
    - Scots: trew, trewe
    - English: true
- Old Frisian: triōwe, triūwe, trouwe
  - Saterland Frisian: Trjoue, Tjoue
  - West Frisian: trou
- Old Saxon: treuwa
  - Middle Low German: truwe, trouwe
    - German Low German: Troo
    - Low German: Troue
    - → Old Norse: trú
      - Icelandic: trú
      - Faroese: trúgv
      - Norwegian Nynorsk: tru
        → Norwegian Bokmål: tru
      - Swedish: tro
      - Danish: tro
        Norwegian Bokmål: tro
- Old Dutch: triuwa
  - Middle Dutch: trouwe, trūwe
    - Dutch: trouw
- Old High German: triuwa, trūwa, trūa
  - Middle High German: triuwe
    - German: Treue
    - Luxembourgish: Trei
- → Vulgar Latin: *trewa
  - Old French: triwe, trive, trieve
    - Middle French: trieve
      - French: trêve
  - Occitan: treva, trev
  - Medieval Latin: trewa
Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa)
- → Latin: *tregua, treuga (or possibly from West Germanic)
  - Old Galician-Portuguese: tregua
    - Galician: tregoa
    - Portuguese: trégua
  - Italian: tregua
  - Occitan: tregua
  - Spanish: tregua
  - → English: treague
Vandalic: *triuw-