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

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