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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/triwwiz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *drew-, *deru- (“firm, hard, solid, faithful, true”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtriw.wiz/
Adjective
*triwwiz (comparative *triwwizô, superlative *triwwistaz)
- true
- faithful
Inflection
Declension of *triwwiz (i-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *triwwiz | *triwwijai | *triwwī | *triwwijôz | *triwwį, *-jatō | *triwwijō |
| accusative | *triwwijanǭ | *triwwijanz | *triwwijǭ | *triwwijōz | *triwwį, *-jatō | *triwwijō |
| genitive | *triwwijas, *triwwīs | *triwwijaizǫ̂ | *triwwijaizōz | *triwwijaizǫ̂ | *triwwijas, *triwwīs | *triwwijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *triwwijammai | *triwwijaimaz | *triwwijaizōi | *triwwijaimaz | *triwwijammai | *triwwijaimaz |
| instrumental | *triwwijanō | *triwwijaimiz | *triwwijaizō | *triwwijaimiz | *triwwijanō | *triwwijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *triwwijô | *triwwijaniz | *triwwijǭ | *triwwijōniz | *triwwijô | *triwwijōnō |
| accusative | *triwwijanų | *triwwijanunz | *triwwijōnų | *triwwijōnunz | *triwwijô | *triwwijōnō |
| genitive | *triwwīniz | *triwwijanǫ̂ | *triwwijōniz | *triwwijōnǫ̂ | *triwwīniz | *triwwijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *triwwīni | *triwwijammaz | *triwwijōni | *triwwijōmaz | *triwwīni | *triwwijammaz |
| instrumental | *triwwīnē | *triwwijammiz | *triwwijōnē | *triwwijōmiz | *triwwīnē | *triwwijammiz |
Derived terms
- *triwwiþō
Related terms
- *trewwō
- *triwwijaną
- *trūwijaną
Descendants
- Old English: trēowe, trīewe
- Middle English: treowe, trewe
- Scots: trew
- English: true
- Middle English: treowe, trewe
- Old Frisian: triūwe, triōwe
- Saterland Frisian: trjou
- West Frisian: trou
- Old Saxon: triuwi
- Low German: truu
- Plautdietsch: tru
- Old Dutch: *triuwi
- Middle Dutch: trouwe
- Dutch: trouw
- Middle Dutch: trouwe
- Old High German: triuwi
- Middle High German: triuwe
- Alemannic German: trüüw
- German: treu
- Luxembourgish: trei
- Middle High German: triuwe
- Old Norse: tryggr
- Icelandic: tryggur
- Faroese: tryggur
- Norwegian: trygg
- Old Swedish: trygger
- Swedish: trygg
- Danish: tryg
- → Middle English: trig
- Scots: trig
- English: trig
- Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws)