Where does “untrewe” come from?

untrewe (Middle English) comes from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz — untrue, disloyal, unfaithful.

untrewe (Middle English): untrue

Definitions

  1. untrue

Ancestry of “untrewe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishuntrīeweuntrue, not faithful
2Proto-West Germanic*untriuwīuntrue, disloyal, unfaithful
3Proto-Germanic*untriwwizuntrue, disloyal, unfaithful

Words derived from “untrewe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī →Every word from Old English untrīewe →
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