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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *trewwō</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_trewwō</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_trewwo" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trewwō">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>trewwō</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈtrew.wɔː</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛏᚱᛖᚹᛟ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">feminine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">ō-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>fidelity, pledge</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">A nominal formation from *triwwiz (‘true, faithful’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>trewwō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>trewwôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>trewwǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>trewwōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>trewwōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>trewwǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>trewwōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>trewwōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>trewwō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>trewwōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>trewwō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>trewwôz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>triuwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>trouwe, trūwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>trouw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>trou</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>trēow, trȳw</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>trewe, truw, tru</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>true</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>trew, trewe</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>triōwe, triūwe, trouwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Trjoue, Tjoue</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>trou</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>triuwa, trūwa, trūa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>triuwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Treue</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Trei</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>triuwa, treuwa, treuwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>truwe, trouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Treue</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German Low German</lang>
                          <orth>Troo</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>triuwa, treuwa, treuwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>truwe, trouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                        <orth>trú</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Faroese</lang>
                          <orth>trúgv</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                          <orth>trú</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Swedish</lang>
                          <orth>tro</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>triuwa, treuwa, treuwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>truwe, trouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                        <orth>trú</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Danish</lang>
                          <orth>tro</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                            <orth>tro</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>triuwa, treuwa, treuwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>truwe, trouwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                        <orth>trú</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                          <orth>tru</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                            <orth>tru</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Vulgar Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*trewa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                      <orth>trewa</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Occitan</lang>
                      <orth>treva, trev</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*treuwu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Vulgar Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*trewa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old French</lang>
                      <orth>triwe, trive, trieve</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle French</lang>
                        <orth>trieve</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>French</lang>
                          <orth>trêve</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*tregua, treuga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>treague</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Italian</lang>
                      <orth>tregua</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Occitan</lang>
                      <orth>tregua</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Spanish</lang>
                      <orth>tregua</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*tregua, treuga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Galician-Portuguese</lang>
                      <orth>tregua</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Galician</lang>
                        <orth>tregoa</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Portuguese</lang>
                        <orth>trégua</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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