eldertongue

Old English · noun

trust

Part of speech
noun, neuter

Meaning

  1. trust

Etymology

From a rare zero-grade proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). See also Proto-Germanic *traustą, Old Norse traust.

Descendants

trust

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