Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/treu

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *trewą.

Noun[edit]

*treu n[1]

  1. tree
    Synonyms: *baum, *widu
  2. wood
    Synonyms: *holt, *widu

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  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-