Where does “trieve” come from?
trieve (Old French) comes from Proto-West Germanic treuwu, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.
trieve (Old French): truce
Ancestry of “trieve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | treuwu | fidelity, pledge |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | trewwō | fidelity, pledge |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | drewo- | — |
Words derived from “trieve”