Where does “truskyld” come from?
truskyld (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk tru, from Old Norse trú, from Middle Low German truwe, from Old Saxon treuwa, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.
truskyld (Norwegian Nynorsk): innocence, gullibility, naïveté
Definitions
- innocence, gullibility, naïveté
Ancestry of “truskyld”, step by step
truskyld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk tru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | tru | belief, faith; trust, confidence; to think,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | trú | faith; inflection of trúr: ## positive degree... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | truwe | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | treuwa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trewwō | fidelity, pledge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | drewo- | — |
via Norwegian Nynorsk skyld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | skyld | blame; fault; guilt |
| 2 | Old Norse | skuld | debt, obligation |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skuldiz | obligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skéltis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱel- | to be obligated, owe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |