Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/treu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *trewą.

Noun

*treu n[1]

tree
wood

Inflection

Neuter wa-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*treu
Genitive	*trewas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*treu	*treu
Accusative	*treu	*treu
Genitive	*trewas	*trewō
Dative	*trewē	*treum
Instrumental	*treu	*treum

Derived terms

*triwīn

Descendants

Old English: trēow
- Middle English: tre, treo
  - English: tree
  - Scots: tree
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)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *treu, *trew-”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *treu, *trew-”