Where does “Ásatrú” come from?

Ásatrú (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse trú, from Middle Low German truwe, from Old Saxon treuwa, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.

Ásatrú (Icelandic): Asatru, especially as promulgated by the Íslenska Ásatrúarfélagið

Definitions

  1. Asatru, especially as promulgated by the Íslenska Ásatrúarfélagið

Ancestry of “Ásatrú”, step by step

Ásatrú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse trú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetrúfaith; inflection of trúr: ## positive degree...
2Middle Low Germantruwe—
3Old Saxontreuwa—
4Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
5Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—

via Old Norse Áss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseÁssa thick pole, main beam (in a house)
2Proto-Germanicastazbranch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ósdosbranch

Words derived from “Ásatrú”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European drewo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trewwō →Every word from Old Saxon treuwa →