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

Definitions

  1. truce

Ancestry of “trieve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictreuwufidelity, pledge
2Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
3Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—

Words derived from “trieve”

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