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NODE / 0705attestedOld Norse

traust

TRANSLITERATION traust

confidence, firmness

DATE
Old Norse
SENSE
confidence firmness
FAMILY
Indo-European / North Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:66:traust:attested:sense:confidence-firmness

Merriam-Webster says probably Scandinavian; American Heritage says perhaps Old Norse.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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GO DEEPERinheritanceestablished
Proto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · confidence firmness abstract noun

*traustam

confidence, firmness

SOUND
Old Norse traust continues reconstructed Germanic *traustam.
MEANING
Confidence and firmness remain the core semantic field.
CHRONOLOGY
The Germanic noun is reconstructed.
SCHOLAR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE
established
Indo-European Root deru-supportsderu-, Germanic *traustam and Old Norse traust

Publishes the Germanic noun and Old Norse reflex.

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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

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DESCENDANTborrowingprobable
Middle English · Middle English · confidence reliance

truste

confidence, reliance

SOUND
Middle English truste is probably borrowed from Scandinavian, perhaps specifically Old Norse traust.
MEANING
Confidence and firmness enter the English trust noun.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE
probable — The sources independently use cautious probably or perhaps language rather than claiming a certain donor token.
Trust — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust

Supports a probable Scandinavian route without overstating the exact donor.

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Trust — American Heritage DictionarycontextEtymology: perhaps from Old Norse traust

Independently uses cautious donor language.

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EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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trust2 connected nodes
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01borrowingprobable
Old Norsetraust→Middle English · Middle Englishtrusteconfidence, reliance
SOUND
Middle English truste is probably borrowed from Scandinavian, perhaps specifically Old Norse traust.
MEANING
Confidence and firmness enter the English trust noun.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 683 ↗
Trust — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust ↗Trust — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: perhaps from Old Norse traust ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02continuationestablished
Middle Englishtruste→Present-Day English · 12th century–todaytrustassured reliance, confidence, care, or obligation
SOUND
Modern trust continues Middle English truste through regular English form history.
MEANING
Confidence and assured reliance remain central while legal and institutional senses develop alongside them.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 682 ↗
Trust — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Definitions, Word History, and First Known Use ↗Trust — American Heritage Dictionary · Headword etymology ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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