Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/triuwī
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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 *triwwiz + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
[edit]*triuwī[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *triuwī | ||
| Genitive | *triuwijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *triuwī | *triuwiju | *triuwī |
| Accusative | *triuwijanā | *triuwijā | *triuwī |
| Genitive | *triuwijas | *triuwijeʀā | *triuwijas |
| Dative | *triuwijumē | *triuwijeʀē | *triuwijumē |
| Instrumental | *triuwiju | *triuwijeʀu | *triuwiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *triuwijē | *triuwijō | *triuwiju |
| Accusative | *triuwijā | *triuwijā | *triuwiju |
| Genitive | *triuwijeʀō | *triuwijeʀō | *triuwijeʀō |
| Dative | *triuwijēm, *triuwijum | *triuwijēm, *triuwijum | *triuwijēm, *triuwijum |
| Instrumental | *triuwijēm, *triuwijum | *triuwijēm, *triuwijum | *triuwijēm, *triuwijum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: trīewe, trēowe
- Old Frisian: triūwe, triōwe
- Old Saxon: triuwi
- Low German: treu
- Old Dutch: *triuwi
- Old High German: triuwi
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 249: “PWGmc *triuwī”