Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/traustaz

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-, *drū- (to be firm, hard, solid; tree).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

*traustaz[1]

  1. strong
  2. reliable, confident

Inflection

[edit]


Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*traustaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409