Etymology Explorer β€Ί Galician

Where does β€œtregua” come from?

tregua (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese tregua, from Gothic π„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πŒ°, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.

tregua (Galician): truce; rest, break

Definitions

  1. truce; rest, break

Ancestry of β€œtregua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetreguaβ€”
2Gothicπ„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πŒ°pledge, covenant, testament; Nominative and...
3Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-β€”
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drewo- β†’