Proto-Indo-European

*drewH-

‘firm, hard, true’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *drewH-.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *drewH-, most familiar first.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *drewH-