Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trūwāną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *trūwaz (“faithful”) + *-āną, with quasi-Indo-European form *druH-e₁-ye-ti. See *triwwiz (“loyal, trustworthy”) for more.[1]
Verb
*trūwāną[1]
- to trust
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *trūwō | ? | — | ? | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *trūwaisi | ? | *trūwai | *trūwāsai | ? | |
| 3rd singular | *trūwaiþi | ? | *trūwāþau | *trūwāþai | ? | |
| 1st dual | *trūwōs | ? | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *trūwāþiz | ? | *trūwāþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *trūwāmaz | ? | — | *trūwānþai | ? | |
| 2nd plural | *trūwaiþ | ? | *trūwaiþ | *trūwānþai | ? | |
| 3rd plural | *trūwānþi | ? | *trūwānþau | *trūwānþai | ? | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *trūwadǭ | *trūwadēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *trūwadēz | *trūwadēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *trūwadē | *trūwadēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *trūwadēdū | *trūwadēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *trūwadēdudiz | *trūwadēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *trūwadēdum | *trūwadēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *trūwadēdud | *trūwadēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *trūwadēdun | *trūwadēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *trūwāndz | *trūwadaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *trūwēn
- Old Norse: trúa
- Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (trauan)