Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/trūēn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *trūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *drew-o, suffixed form of *deru-, *drew- (“hard, firm, strong, solid”) with reflexes as Latin dūrus (“hard, rough”), Old English trum (“strong, firm”), Old Armenian տրամ (tram, “firm, solid”), and Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “strong, mighty”).^[1] See *trūwāną (“to trust”).

Verb

*trūēn

to trust

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*trūēn
1st sg. past	*trū?dā
Infinitive	*trūēn
Genitive infin.	*trūēnijas
Dative infin.	*trūēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*trūēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*trūē	*trū?dā
2nd singular	*trūēs	trū?dēs, trū?dēs
3rd singular	*trūēþ	trū?dē, trū?dā
1st plural	*trūēm	*trū?dum
2nd plural	*trūēþ	*trū?dud
3rd plural	*trūēnþ	*trū?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*trūē	*trū?dī
2nd singular	*trūēs	*trū?dī
3rd singular	*trūē	*trū?dī
1st plural	*trūēm	*trū?dīm
2nd plural	*trūēþ	*trū?dīd
3rd plural	*trūēn	*trū?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*trūē
Plural	*trūēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*trūēndī	*trū?d

Descendants

Old English: trūwian
- English: trow
Old Saxon: trūon
Old High German: trūēn, trūōn

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “610”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 610

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “610”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 610

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