*trewwō

Runic: ᛏᚱᛖᚹᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈtrew.wɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

fidelity, pledge

Etymology

A nominal formation from *triwwiz (‘true, faithful’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.trewwōtrewwôz
Acc.trewwǭtrewwōz
Gen.trewwōztrewwǫ̂
Dat.trewwōitrewwōmaz
Inst.trewwōtrewwōmiz
Voc.trewwōtrewwôz

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Descendants

  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • triuwa (Old Dutch)
      • trouwe, trūwe (Middle Dutch)
        • trouw (Dutch)
          • trou (Afrikaans)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • trēow, trȳw (Old English)
      • trewe, truw, tru (Middle English)
        • true (English)
        • trew, trewe (Scots)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • triōwe, triūwe, trouwe (Old Frisian)
      • Trjoue, Tjoue (Saterland Frisian)
      • trou (West Frisian)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • triuwa, trūwa, trūa (Old High German)
      • triuwe (Middle High German)
        • Treue (German)
        • Trei (Luxembourgish)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • triuwa, treuwa, treuwe (Old Saxon)
      • truwe, trouwe (Middle Low German)
        • Treue (Low German)
          • Troo (German Low German)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • triuwa, treuwa, treuwe (Old Saxon)
      • truwe, trouwe (Middle Low German)
        • trú (Old Norse)
          • trúgv (Faroese)
          • trú (Icelandic)
          • tro (Swedish)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • triuwa, treuwa, treuwe (Old Saxon)
      • truwe, trouwe (Middle Low German)
        • trú (Old Norse)
          • tro (Danish)
            • tro (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • triuwa, treuwa, treuwe (Old Saxon)
      • truwe, trouwe (Middle Low German)
        • trú (Old Norse)
          • tru (Norwegian Nynorsk)
            • tru (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *trewa (Vulgar Latin)
      • trewa (Medieval Latin)
      • treva, trev (Occitan)
  • *treuwu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *trewa (Vulgar Latin)
      • triwe, trive, trieve (Old French)
        • trieve (Middle French)
          • trêve (French)
  • 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa) (Gothic)
    • *tregua, treuga (Latin)
      • treague (English)
      • tregua (Italian)
      • tregua (Occitan)
      • tregua (Spanish)
  • 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa) (Gothic)
    • *tregua, treuga (Latin)
      • tregua (Old Galician-Portuguese)
        • tregoa (Galician)
        • trégua (Portuguese)

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