treow
Old English
noun
Definitions
- truth to a promise; faith
- truth to a person; fidelity, fealty, loyalty
- grace, favour, help
- an assurance of faith; word, promise, engagement, covenant, league
Etymology
Inherited from *treuwu inherited from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (fidelity, pledge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*trewwō
Gloss
fidelity, pledge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- treuga Latin
- Nibelungentreue German
- Rechtstreue German
- Treue German
- Untreue German
- treulos German
- buitentrouw Dutch, Flemish
- hondstrouw Dutch, Flemish
- ontrouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouwen Dutch, Flemish
- *drewo- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewwō Proto-Germanic
- trēowa Old English
- trú Old Norse
- trouwe Middle Dutch
- trouwen Middle Dutch
- triuwa Old High German
- triuwe Middle High German
- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- *treuwu gmw-pro
- *triuwa Old Dutch
- triuwa Old Dutch
- trouwe Middle Low German
- truwe Middle Low German
- treuwa Old Saxon