Where does “Ásatrú” come from?
Ásatrú (English) comes from Icelandic Ásatrú, from Old Norse trú, from Middle Low German truwe, from Old Saxon treuwa, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.
Ancestry of “Ásatrú”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | Ásatrú | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | trú | faith; inflection of trúr:
## positive degree... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | truwe | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | treuwa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trewwō | fidelity, pledge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | drewo- | — |