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· Proto-Germanic
*triwwiþō
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic
*triwwiþō
, most common first.
troth
An oath, pledge, plight, or promise.
betroth
Of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse; to plight one's troth to.