Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trewą

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

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *dréwom, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (specifically the oblique stem *dréw-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtre.wɑ̃/

Noun

*trewą n

1. tree

   Synonym: *baumaz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *trewą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*trewą	*trewō
vocative	*trewą	*trewō
accusative	*trewą	*trewō
genitive	*trewas, *triwis	*trewǫ̂
dative	*triwai	*trewamaz
instrumental	*trewō	*trewamiz

Derived terms

• *triwīnaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *treu
  • Old English: trēow
    • Middle English: tre, treo
      • English: tree
      • Scots: tree
  • Old Frisian: trē
    • North Frisian: tre, trä
  • Old Saxon: trio, treo
  • Old Dutch: *trio, *treo
    • Middle Dutch: tree, tere
      • Dutch: teer (mostly in compounds, like appelteer and elzenteer)
  • Old High German: *tra
    • ⇒ Old High German: affoltra, affultra
      • Middle High German: affalter, apfalter
        • German: Affolter
        • Bavarian: Affalter
• Old Norse: tré
  • Danish: træ
  • Faroese: træ
  • Icelandic: tré
  • Norwegian: tre
  • Old Swedish: træ, trǣ
    • , träd (“tree”)
• Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu)