The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*trewwō“fidelity; pledge”
- Gothic · derived from𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰“treaty, covenant”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromtreuga
- English todaytreague
From Medieval Latin treuga, from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “treaty, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (“fidelity; pledge”). More at true, truce.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*trewwō all →
truce
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.