Old English trēow continues reconstructed Germanic *treuwō in the pledge branch.
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trēow
pledge, fidelity
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · pledge noun*treuwō
pledge, fidelity
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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
Pledge and fidelity remain the semantic center.
The Germanic noun is reconstructed.
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Indo-European Root deru-deru-, Germanic *treuwō to Old English trēow, pledge
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the Germanic pledge noun and Old English reflex.
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