Where does “trúlegur” come from?

trúlegur (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-.

trúlegur (Icelandic): credible, believable

Definitions

  1. credible, believable

Ancestry of “trúlegur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictrúfaith
2Old Norsetrúfaith; inflection of trúr: ## positive degree...
3Middle Low Germantruwe—
4Old Saxontreuwa—
5Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
6Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—

Words derived from “trúlegur”

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