trouw
Dutch (Brabantic)
/trɑu̯/
noun
Definitions
- loyalty, faithfulness
- marriage
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch trouwe 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
- truce English
- trucebreaker English
- truceless English
- trucial English
- untruced English
- treuga Latin
- Nibelungentreue German
- Rechtstreue German
- Treue German
- Untreue German
- treulos German
- betrouwen Dutch, Flemish
- buiten Dutch, Flemish
- buitentrouw Dutch, Flemish
- hertrouwen Dutch, Flemish
- hond Dutch, Flemish
- hondstrouw Dutch, Flemish
- ondertrouwen Dutch, Flemish
- ontrouw Dutch, Flemish
- trouwambtenaar Dutch, Flemish
- trouwen Dutch, Flemish
- trouwerij Dutch, Flemish
- trouwfoto Dutch, Flemish
- trouwjurk Dutch, Flemish
- trouwkleed Dutch, Flemish
- trouwring Dutch, Flemish
- wantrouwen Dutch, Flemish
- trêve French
- atreguar Spanish, Castilian
- tregua Spanish, Castilian
- *drewo- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewwō Proto-Germanic
- treow Old English
- trēowa Old English
- trewes Middle English
- trú Old Norse
- trouwe Middle Dutch
- trouwen Middle Dutch
- triuwa Old High German
- triuwi Old High German
- trou Afrikaans
- triuwe Middle High German
- Trei Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- trei Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- *treuwu gmw-pro
- truu Estonian
- *triuwa Old Dutch
- triuwa Old Dutch
- trouwe Middle Low German
- truwe Middle Low German
- treuwa Old Saxon
- trüüw Alemannic German
- *treuwa Frankish
- trei Pennsylvania German