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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/traustaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-, *drū- (to be firm, hard, solid; tree).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑu̯s.tɑz/

Adjective

*traustaz[1]

  1. strong
  2. reliable, confident

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *traust
    • Old Saxon: *trōst
      • Old Saxon: *gitrōst
    • Old High German: trōst
      • Old High German: gitrōst
  • Old Norse: traustr
    • Faroese: treystur

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*traustaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
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