Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/treu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *trewą.

Noun

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*treu n[1]

  1. tree
    Synonyms: *baum, *widu
  2. wood
    Synonyms: *holt, *widu

Inflection

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Neuter wa-stem
Singular
Nominative *treu
Genitive *trewas
Singular Plural
Nominative *treu *treu
Accusative *treu *treu
Genitive *trewas *trewō
Dative *trewē *treum
Instrumental *treu *treum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174:PWGmc *treu, *trew-