-
which leads to
occasional ambiguities, e.g.
saggws [saŋɡʷs] "song" but
triggws [
triɡɡʷs] "faithful" (compare
English "true"). It is
possible to
determine more...
- tack tak þagks *þankaz true trou
trouw tru treu
tryggur trygg trygg tryg
triggws *trewwaz two twa twee twei zwei, zwo tveir, tvær, tvö to två, tu to twái...
-
zweiio Proto-Germanic *triwwiz ("faithful") > Old
Norse tryggr,
Gothic triggws, but > Old High
German triuwi,
German treu, Old
English trīewe, English...
- trustworthy",
cognate with Old
English treowe, Old High
German triuwe.
Gothic has
triggws. The Icelandic,
Faroese and Old
Norse form of the name is Tryggvi, e.g...
-
Reflexes *drewh₂yo 'trustworthy' *trewwjaz with
sharpening *triwwjaz
Gothic triggws Old
Norse tryggr without sharpening *triuwjaz Old
English trēowe Old High...
-
German (ga)triuwu (Modern
German treu "faithful"), Old
Norse tryggr,
Gothic triggws, all from a Proto-Germanic *trewwj- "having good faith",
perhaps ultimately...
- *trewwjaz 'trustworthy, faithful' →: *triwwjaz: Old
Norse tryggr,
Gothic triggws *triuwjaz: Old
English trēowe, Old High
German gitriuwi. One
instance where...
