Where does “trú” come from?

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

trú (Old Norse): faith; inflection of trúr: ## positive degree...

Definitions

  1. faith; inflection of trúr: ## positive degree...

Ancestry of “trú”, step by step

trú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German truwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantruwe—
2Old Saxontreuwa—
3Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—

via Middle Low German trouwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantrouwe—

Words derived from “trú”

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