Where does “tru” come from?

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

tru (Norwegian Bokmål): faithful, loyal; true; belief, faith

Definitions

  1. faithful, loyal; true; belief, faith

Ancestry of “tru”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tru”

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