Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/traustą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

*traustaz

Etymology

From *traustaz (“firm, strong”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑu̯s.tɑ̃/

Noun

*traustą n^[1]

Declension

Declension of *traustą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*traustą	*traustō
vocative	*traustą	*traustō
accusative	*traustą	*traustō
genitive	traustas, traustis	*traustǫ̂
dative	*traustai	*traustamaz
instrumental	*traustō	*traustamiz

Derived terms

*traustijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *traust m
- Old English: *trēast
  - Middle English: trest, tryst, trist, treyst, trayste (through confluence with Old Norse verb treysta)
    - Scots: trest, traist
    - English: tryst
- Old Frisian: trāst
  - North Frisian: trast
  - Saterland Frisian: Traast
  - West Frisian: treast
- Old Saxon: trōst; gitrōst
  - Middle Low German: trôst
    - German Low German: Troost
- Old Dutch: trōst
  - Middle Dutch: trôost
    - Dutch: troost
      - Afrikaans: troos
- Old High German: trōst
  - Middle High German: trōst
    - German: Trost
    - Hunsrik: Troost
    - Luxembourgish: Trouscht
- → Medieval Latin: trustis (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: traust
- Icelandic: traust
- Norwegian: trøst; trøyste (dialectal)
- Old Swedish: trøst
  - Swedish: tröst
- Danish: trøst
- → Middle English: trost, trust
  - Scots: trust
  - English: trust
    - → French: trust
      - → Vietnamese: tơ-rớt
    - → Spanish: trust
  - → Medieval Latin: trustus
Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹 (trausti)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*traustjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*traustjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409

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