Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/treu
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *trewą.
Noun
[edit]*treu n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: trēow
- Old Frisian: trē
- Old Saxon: trio, treo
- Old Dutch: *trio, *treo
- Old High German: *tra
References
[edit]- ^ 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-”