Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trewą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *dréwom, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (specifically the oblique stem *dréw-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtre.wɑ̃/

Noun

*trewą n

tree
Synonym: *baumaz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *trewą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*trewą	*trewō
vocative	*trewą	*trewō
accusative	*trewą	*trewō
genitive	trewas, triwis	*trewǫ̂
dative	*triwai	*trewamaz
instrumental	*trewō	*trewamiz

Derived terms

*triwīnaz

Descendants

Old English: trēow
- Middle English: tre, treo
  - English: tree
  - Scots: tree
Old Frisian: trē
- North Frisian: tre, trä
Old Saxon: trio, treo
Old Dutch: *trio, *treo
- Middle Dutch: tree
  - Dutch: teer (mostly in compounds, like appelteer and elzenteer)
Old Norse: tré
- Danish: træ
- Faroese: træ
- Icelandic: tré
- Norwegian: tre
- Old Swedish: trǣ
  - Swedish: trä (“wood”), träd (“tree”)
Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu)

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