Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/triwwijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *triwwiz (“true, faithful”) + *-janą and *trewwō (“fidelity, pledge”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*triwwijaną[1]
- (transitive) to make faithful
- (transitive) to ally, form a relation with
- (transitive) to trust, have faith in
Inflection
editConjugation of *triwwijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *triuwijan
- Old Norse: tryggja, tryggva
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*trewwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410