trouwe
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- sincerity, reliability, trustworthiness, honesty
- firmness, unwaveringness
- trust
- word of honor
- wedding vow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *triuwa inherited from *treuwu inherited from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (fidelity, pledge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*trewwō
Gloss
fidelity, pledge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- treuga Latin
- buitentrouw Dutch, Flemish
- hondstrouw Dutch, Flemish
- ontrouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouwen Dutch, Flemish
- *drewo- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewwō Proto-Germanic
- treow Old English
- trēowa Old English
- trú Old Norse
- trouwen Middle Dutch
- triuwa Old High German
- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- *treuwu gmw-pro
- *triuwa Old Dutch
- *triuwon Old Dutch
- triuwa Old Dutch
- trouwe Middle Low German
- treuwa Old Saxon