Where does “triuwa” come from?

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

triuwa (Old High German): faithfulness, loyalty, truth; contract, pact,...

Definitions

  1. faithfulness, loyalty, truth; contract, pact,...

Ancestry of “triuwa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “triuwa”

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