Proto-Germanic

*triwwiþō

‘contract’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō, most familiar first.

• truth ← trouthe ← trēowþ
• troth ← trēowþ
• betroth ← bitrouthen ← trīewþ

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō