Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/treuwu
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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 *trewwō.
Noun[edit]
*treuwu f[1]
Inflection[edit]
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *treuwu | |
| Genitive | *treuwā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *treuwu | *treuwō |
| Accusative | *treuwā | *treuwā |
| Genitive | *treuwā | *treuwō |
| Dative | *treuwē | *treuwōm, *treuwum |
| Instrumental | *treuwu | *treuwōm, *treuwum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: trēow, trȳw
- Old Frisian: triōwe, triūwe, trouwe
- Old Saxon: treuwa
- Old Dutch: triuwa
- Old High German: triuwa, trūwa, trūa
- → Vulgar Latin: *trewa
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66: “PWGmc [...] *treuwō- (nom. sg. *treu??)”