Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/traustą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *traustaz

Etymology

From *traustaz (“firm, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-, *drū- (“to be firm, hard, solid; tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑu̯s.tɑ̃/

Noun

*traustą n

1. shelter
2. help; aid
3. trust; confidence; alliance

Declension

neuter a-stemDeclension of *traustą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*traustą	*traustō
vocative	*traustą	*traustō
accusative	*traustą	*traustō
genitive	*traustas, *traustis	*traustǫ̂
dative	*traustai	*traustamaz
instrumental	*traustō	*traustamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *traust m
  • 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
        • Afrikaans: troos
  • Old High German: trōst
    • Middle High German: trōst
      • German: Trost
      • Hunsrik: Troost
      • Luxembourgish: Trouscht
  • → Medieval Latin: trustis (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: traust
  • Icelandic: traust
  • Norwegian: trøst; trøyste (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: trøst
    • Swedish: tröst
  • Danish: trøst
  • → Middle English: trost, trust
    • Scots: trust
    • English: trust
      • → French: trust
        • → Vietnamese: tơ-rớt
      • → Spanish: trust
    • → Medieval Latin: trustus
• Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹 (trausti)