Old English trēowþ continues reconstructed Germanic *treuwithō through inherited West Germanic development.
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trēowþ
faith, loyalty, fidelity, truth
OPEN NODE 700 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · faith loyalty abstract noun*treuwithō
faith, loyalty, truth
OPEN NODE 701 ↗01
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The abstract noun denotes faith, loyalty, and truth.
The Germanic form is reconstructed.
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Indo-European Root deru-deru-, Germanic abstract *treuwithō to Old English trēowth
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