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 reconstructions

• *trewō

Etymology

A nominal formation from *triwwiz (“true, faithful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrew.wɔː/

Noun

*trewwō f

1. 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

• *trewwāną
• *triwwiz
• *trūwāną

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
        • Afrikaans: trou
  • 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-