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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trewą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *dréwom, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (specifically the oblique stem *dréw-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtre.wɑ̃/
Noun
*trewą n
- tree
- Synonym: *bagmaz
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *trewą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *trewą | *trewō | |
| vocative | *trewą | *trewō | |
| accusative | *trewą | *trewō | |
| genitive | *trewas, *triwis | *trewǫ̂ | |
| dative | *triwai | *trewamaz | |
| instrumental | *trewō | *trewamiz | |
Related terms
- *traustą
- *traustaz
- *trewwō
- *triwwiz
- *trugaz, *trugą
- *trumaz
Derived terms
- *galgatrewą
- *trawją
- *triwīnaz
- *trusą
- *wargatrewą
- *wīnatrewą
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *treu
- Old English: trēow
- Middle English: tre, treo
- English: tree
- Scots: tree
- Middle English: tre, treo
- Old Frisian: trē
- North Frisian: tre, trä
- Old Saxon: trio, treo
- Old Dutch: *trio, *treo
- Middle Dutch: tree
- Dutch: teer (mostly in compounds, like appelteer and elzenteer)
- Middle Dutch: tree
- Old English: trēow
- Old Norse: tré
- Icelandic: tré
- Faroese: træ
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tre
- Westrobothnian: tre, tri
- Dalecarlian: trai
- Old Swedish: trǣ
- Swedish: trä (“wood”), träd (“tree”) (from the definite)
- Scanian: træ
- Danish: træ
- Norwegian Bokmål: tre
- Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu)