Where does “trúarlegur” come from?

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

trúarlegur (Icelandic): religious

Definitions

  1. religious

Ancestry of “trúarlegur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictrúfaith
2Old Norsetrúfaith; inflection of trúr: ## positive degree...
3Middle Low Germantruwe—
4Old Saxontreuwa—
5Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
6Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drewo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trewwō →Every word from Old Saxon treuwa →