Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trūwāną

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

Etymology

From *trūwaz (“faithful”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*trūwāną

1. to trust

Inflection

Conjugation of *trūwāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*trūwō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*trūwaisi	?	*trūwai	*trūwāsai	?
3rd singular	*trūwaiþi	?	*trūwāþau	*trūwāþai	?
1st dual	*trūwōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*trūwāþiz	?	*trūwāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*trūwāmaz	?	—	*trūwānþai	?
2nd plural	*trūwaiþ	?	*trūwaiþ	*trūwānþai	?
3rd plural	*trūwānþi	?	*trūwānþau	*trūwānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*trūwadǭ	*trūwadēdį̄
2nd singular	*trūwadēz	*trūwadēdīz
3rd singular	*trūwadē	*trūwadēdī
1st dual	*trūwadēdū	*trūwadēdīw
2nd dual	*trūwadēdudiz	*trūwadēdīdiz
1st plural	*trūwadēdum	*trūwadēdīm
2nd plural	*trūwadēdud	*trūwadēdīd
3rd plural	*trūwadēdun	*trūwadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*trūwāndz	*trūwadaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *trūwēn
  • Old English: trūwian
    • English: trow
  • Old Frisian: trōwia, trouwia
    • West Frisian: trouwe, trouje
  • Old Dutch: *trūwon
    • Middle Dutch: truwen, trouwen
      • Dutch: trouwen
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: gitrūwon
  • Old Saxon: *trūwōn
    • Middle Low German: trûwen, trouwen
  • Old High German: trūwēn
    • Middle High German: truwen, trūen
      • German: trauen
• Old Norse: trúa
  • Icelandic: trúa
  • Faroese: trúgva
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tro, tru
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tru
  • Danish: tro
  • Swedish: tro
• Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (trauan)