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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trūwāną

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 *trūwaz (faithful) + *-āną.[1]

Verb

*trūwāną[1]

  1. to trust

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *trūwēn
    • Old English: trūwian
      • English: trow
    • Old Frisian: trōwia, trouwia
    • Old Dutch: *trūwon
    • Old Saxon: *trūwōn
      • Middle Low German: trûwen, trouwen
    • Old High German: trūwēn
  • Old Norse: trúa
  • Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (trauan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*trūēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523
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