英语词汇“Indo-European root: deru-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: deru-

释义

‌‌deru-
Also dreu-.
To be firm, solid, steadfast; hence specialized senses "wood," "tree," and derivatives referring to objects made of wood.
Derivatives include tree, trust, betroth, endure, and druid.

Suffixed variant form *drew-o‑.
1. tree, from Old English trēow, tree, from Germanic *trewam;
2. truce, from Old English trēow, pledge, from Germanic *treuwō.
Variant form dreu‑.
1. true, from Old English trēowe, firm, true;
2. trow, from Old English trēowian, trūwian, to trust;
3. trig¹, from Old Norse tryggr, firm, true;
4. troth, truth; betroth, from Old English trēowth, faith, loyalty, truth, from Germanic abstract noun *treuwithō;
5. trust, from Old Norse traust, confidence, firmness, from Germanic abstract noun *traustam;
6. tryst, from Old French triste, waiting place (< "place where one waits trustingly"), probably from a source akin to Old Norse denominative treysta, to trust, make firm. a-f all from Germanic *treuwaz.
Variant form *drou‑. tray, from Old English trēg, trīg, wooden board, from Germanic *traujam.
Suffixed zero-grade form *dru-ko‑.
1. trough, from Old English trog, wooden vessel, tray;
2. trug, from Old Norse trog, trough. Both a and b from Germanic *trugaz.
Suffixed zero-grade form *dru-mo‑.
1. trim, from Old English trum, firm, strong;
2. shelter, from Old English truma, troop. Both a and b from Germanic *trum‑.
Variant form *derw‑. tar¹, from Old English te(o)ru, resin, pitch (obtained from the pine tree), from Germanic *terw‑.
Suffixed variant form *drū-ro‑. dour, duramen, duress, durum; durain, dura mater, endure, indurate, obdurate, from Latin dūrus, hard (many of whose English derivatives represent a semantic cross with Latin dūrāre, to last long; see deuə-).
Lengthened zero-grade form *drū‑. drupe, dryad; Dryopithecus, germander, hamadryad, from Greek drūs, oak.
Reduplicated form *der-drew‑, dissimilated with suffix in *der-drew-on. dendro-, dendron; philodendron, rhododendron, from Greek dendron, tree.
druid, from Latin druides, druids, probably from Celtic compound *dru-wid‑, "strong seer" (*wid‑, seeing; see weid-), the Celtic priestly caste.
O-grade form *doru‑. deodar, from Sanskrit dāru, wood, timber.

[Pokorny deru‑ 214.]

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