Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/traustą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*traustaz

Etymology

From *traustaz (“firm, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-, *drū- (“to be firm, hard, solid; tree”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑu̯s.tɑ̃/

Noun

*traustą n

shelter
help; aid
trust; confidence; alliance

Declension

neuter a-stemDeclension of *traustą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*traustą	*traustō
vocative	*traustą	*traustō
accusative	*traustą	*traustō
genitive	traustas, traustis	*traustǫ̂
dative	*traustai	*traustamaz
instrumental	*traustō	*traustamiz

Descendants

Old English: *trēast
- Middle English: trest, tryst, trist, treyst, trayste (through confluence with Old Norse verb treysta)
  - Scots: trest, traist
  - English: tryst
Old Frisian: trāst
- North Frisian: trast
- Saterland Frisian: Traast
- West Frisian: treast
Old Saxon: *trōst; gitrōst
- Middle Low German: troost
  - German Low German: Troost
Frankish: *traust, *trōt
- Old Dutch: trōst
  - Middle Dutch: trost, troost
    - Dutch: troost
- → Medieval Latin: trustis (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: trōst
- Middle High German: trōst
  - German: Trost
  - Luxembourgish: Trouscht
Old Norse: traust
- Icelandic: traust
- Norwegian: trøst; trøyste (dialectal)
- Old Swedish: trøst
  - Swedish: tröst
- Danish: trøst
- Westrobothnian: traist
- Middle English: trost, trust
  - Scots: trust
  - English: trust
    - French: trust
      - Vietnamese: tơ-rớt
    - Spanish: trust
  - Middle Latin: trustus
Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹 (trausti)