Where does “triuwe” come from?

triuwe (Middle High German) comes from Old High German triuwa, from Proto-West Germanic treuwu, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.

triuwe (Middle High German): loyalty, reliability, truthfulness

Definitions

  1. loyalty, reliability, truthfulness

Ancestry of “triuwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantriuwafaithfulness, loyalty, truth; contract, pact,...
2Proto-West Germanictreuwufidelity, pledge
3Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—

Words derived from “triuwe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European drewo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trewwō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic treuwu →