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
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *drewH-