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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/traustaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-, *drū- (“to be firm, hard, solid; tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɑu̯s.tɑz/
Adjective
*traustaz[1]
- strong
- reliable, confident
Inflection
Declension of *traustaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *traustaz | *traustai | *traustō | *traustôz | *traustą, *-atō | *traustō |
| accusative | *traustanǭ | *traustanz | *traustǭ | *traustōz | *traustą, *-atō | *traustō |
| genitive | *traustas, *traustis | *traustaizǫ̂ | *traustaizōz | *traustaizǫ̂ | *traustas, *traustis | *traustaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *traustammai | *traustaimaz | *traustaizōi | *traustaimaz | *traustammai | *traustaimaz |
| instrumental | *traustanō | *traustaimiz | *traustaizō | *traustaimiz | *traustanō | *traustaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *traustô | *traustaniz | *traustǭ | *traustōniz | *traustô | *traustōnō |
| accusative | *traustanų | *traustanunz | *traustōnų | *traustōnunz | *traustô | *traustōnō |
| genitive | *traustiniz | *traustanǫ̂ | *traustōniz | *traustōnǫ̂ | *traustiniz | *traustanǫ̂ |
| dative | *traustini | *traustammaz | *traustōni | *traustōmaz | *traustini | *traustammaz |
| instrumental | *traustinē | *traustammiz | *traustōnē | *traustōmiz | *traustinē | *traustammiz |
Derived terms
- *traustą
- *traustalausaz
- *traustalīkaz
- *traustiją
- *traustijaną
Descendants
- West Germanic: *traust
- Old Norse: traustr
- Faroese: treystur
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*traustaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409