Proto-Germanic

*triwwiz

‘faithful, true’

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

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

• true ← treowe ← trēowe
• truth ← trouthe ← trēowþ ← *triwwiþō
• truly ← truely ← trēowlīċe ← trīewe ← *triuwī
• truce ← trewes ← true ← trēowa ← trȳw
• untrue ← untrewe ← untrīewe ← *untriuwī ← *untriwwiz
• trig ← tryggr
• troth ← trēowþ ← *triwwiþō
• treague ← treuga ← 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 ← *trewwō

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *triwwiz