Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/traust

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *traustaz.

Adjective

*traust

2. strong, confident

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*traust
Genitive	*traustas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*traust	*traustu	*traust
Accusative	*traustanā	*traustā	*traust
Genitive	*traustas	*trausteʀā	*traustas
Dative	*traustumē	*trausteʀē	*traustumē
Instrumental	*traustu	*trausteʀu	*traustu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*traustē	*traustō	*traustu
Accusative	*traustā	*traustā	*traustu
Genitive	*trausteʀō	*trausteʀō	*trausteʀō
Dative	*traustēm, *traustum	*traustēm, *traustum	*traustēm, *traustum
Instrumental	*traustēm, *traustum	*traustēm, *traustum	*traustēm, *traustum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *trōst
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: *gitrōst
    • Middle Low German: getrôst
• Old High German: trōst
  • ⇒ Old High German: gitrōst
    • Middle High German: getrost
      • German: getrost

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *traustą.

Noun

*traust m

2. help, aid

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*traust
Genitive	*traustas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*traust	*traustō, *traustōs
Accusative	*traust	*traustā
Genitive	*traustas	*traustō
Dative	*traustē	*traustum
Instrumental	*traustu	*traustum

Derived terms

• *traustalaus

Descendants

• Old English: *trēast
  • Middle English: trest, tryst, trist, treyst, trayste (through confluence with Old Norse verb treysta)
    • Scots: trest, traist
    • English: tryst
• Old Frisian: trāst
  • North Frisian: trast
  • Saterland Frisian: Traast
  • West Frisian: treast
• Old Saxon: trōst; gitrōst
  • Middle Low German: trôst
    • German Low German: Troost
• Old Dutch: trōst
  • Middle Dutch: trôost
    • Dutch: troost
• Old High German: trōst
  • Middle High German: trōst
    • German: Trost
    • Hunsrik: Troost
    • Luxembourgish: Trouscht
• → Medieval Latin: trustis (see there for further descendants)