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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · firm faithful adjective

*treuwaz

firm, faithful, trustworthy

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European horizon · firm solid wood root

*deru-

be firm, solid, steadfast; wood, tree

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Germanic *treuwaz reflects the variant *dreu- grade of reconstructed *deru-.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

Firm and steadfast motivate the faithful and trustworthy field without erasing later meanings.

CHRONOLOGY

Comparative reconstruction; no single transmission event is claimed.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

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True — American Heritage DictionaryWord History: true and tree joined at the root

Explains the shared root without making tree an ancestor of true.

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Indo-European Root deru-deru-, variant dreu-, Germanic *treuwaz section

Places the Germanic adjective under the firmness-and-wood root.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 637betroth

*treuwaz → *deru-

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*treuwaz → *deru-

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*treuwaz → *deru-

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*treuwaz → *deru-

OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 618truth

*treuwaz → *deru-

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