NODE / 0719reconstructedProto-Indo-European
*drew-o-
TRANSLITERATION *drew-o-
firm or steadfast formation; wood or pledge branch
- DATE
- Proto-Indo-European suffixed variant
- SENSE
- firmness suffixed formation
- FAMILY
- Indo-European
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:6:drew-o:reconstructed:sense:firmness-suffixed-formation
A reconstructed suffixed variant, not an attested word.
*This form is reconstructed by comparison. It is not directly attested in this exact written form.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
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
- 9
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 9
- DEEPEST PATH
- 5
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 2
HISTORICAL STEP 012 EDGES
STEP 01inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Germanic *treuwō continues the reconstructed suffixed formation *drew-o-.
- MEANING
- A firmness formation develops the pledge and fidelity noun.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 705 ↗ STEP 01inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Germanic *trewam continues the reconstructed suffixed formation *drew-o-.
- MEANING
- A firmness formation develops the wood and tree noun.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 711 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 022 EDGES
STEP 02inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Old English trēow continues reconstructed Germanic *treuwō in the pledge branch.
- MEANING
- Pledge and fidelity remain the semantic center.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 704 ↗ STEP 02inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Old English trēow continues reconstructed Germanic *trewam in the tree branch.
- MEANING
- The inherited noun denotes tree or wood.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 710 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 032 EDGES
STEP 03inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English trewe continues Old English trēow in the pledge and fidelity sense.
- MEANING
- A pledge or agreement continues the older fidelity noun.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 703 ↗ STEP 03inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English tree continues Old English trēow in the wood and plant sense.
- MEANING
- Tree and wood remain the semantic center.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 709 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 042 EDGES
STEP 04inflectional reanalysisestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English plural trewes is formed on singular trewe and later supplies the English singular truce.
- MEANING
- Multiple agreements or pledges furnish the form reanalyzed for one suspension of hostilities.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 702 ↗ STEP 04continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Modern tree continues the Middle English plant noun through regular English spelling and sound history.
- MEANING
- The woody plant remains central while branching diagrams and structures develop as extensions.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 708 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 051 EDGE
STEP 05continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Modern singular truce continues Middle English trewes after the inherited plural was reanalyzed as a singular form.
- MEANING
- Agreements or pledges specialize as a temporary suspension of hostilities.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 701 ↗ “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.
04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.That is expected for a reconstructed form: the node is inferred from comparison, not quoted from a surviving occurrence.
05EDITORIAL REUSE
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