Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trewwāną

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 *triwwiz (“true, faithful”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*trewwāną

1. (intransitive) to be faithful

Inflection

Conjugation of *trewwāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*trewwō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*trewwaisi	?	*trewwai	*trewwāsai	?
3rd singular	*trewwaiþi	?	*trewwāþau	*trewwāþai	?
1st dual	*trewwōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*trewwāþiz	?	*trewwāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*trewwāmaz	?	—	*trewwānþai	?
2nd plural	*trewwaiþ	?	*trewwaiþ	*trewwānþai	?
3rd plural	*trewwānþi	?	*trewwānþau	*trewwānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*trewwadǭ	*trewwadēdį̄
2nd singular	*trewwadēz	*trewwadēdīz
3rd singular	*trewwadē	*trewwadēdī
1st dual	*trewwadēdū	*trewwadēdīw
2nd dual	*trewwadēdudiz	*trewwadēdīdiz
1st plural	*trewwadēdum	*trewwadēdīm
2nd plural	*trewwadēdud	*trewwadēdīd
3rd plural	*trewwadēdun	*trewwadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*trewwāndz	*trewwadaz

Descendants

• Old English: trēowan, trīewan, trēowian
• Old Frisian: trūwa, trouwa
• Old Saxon: treuwōn
  • Middle Low German: trûwen, trouwen
• Old High German: triuwēn
• Old Norse: trúa
  • Icelandic: trúa
  • Faroese: trúgva
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tro, tru
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tru
  • Danish: tro
  • Swedish: tro