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Where does “treuwu” come from?

treuwu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European drewo-.

treuwu (Proto-West Germanic): fidelity, pledge

Definitions

  1. fidelity, pledge

Ancestry of “treuwu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictrewwōfidelity, pledge
2Proto-Indo-Europeandrewo-—

Words derived from “treuwu”

  • Untreue
  • gesetzestreu
  • Treue
  • trew
  • kaisertreu
  • koalitionstreu
  • treusorgend
  • linientreu
  • treulos
  • regimetreu
  • treu
  • treudoof
  • untreu
  • hondstrouw
  • trouw
  • ontrouw
  • trouwe
  • triuwa
  • triuwe
  • Trei
  • triuwa
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