{
  "meta": {
    "schema": "etymology_db.v0001",
    "updated_utc": "2026-01-29T04:01:15Z",
    "note": "Offline dictionary for etymology_reclaimer.sh. Entries may be curated or imported; keep sources per-entry."
  },
  "entries": {
    "truth": {
      "term": "truth",
      "pos": "noun",
      "lineage": [
        {
          "lang": "Old English",
          "form": "triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian)",
          "gloss": "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity; quality of being true",
          "note": "User-provided anchor text."
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "form": "*treuwaz-",
          "gloss": "true; faithful (reconstructed root)",
          "note": "User-provided anchor text."
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
          "form": "*deru-",
          "gloss": "be firm, solid, steadfast",
          "note": "User-provided anchor text; compared with tree/endure/trust."
        }
      ],
      "definition_shifts": [
        {
          "period": "Old English",
          "sense": "faithfulness / fidelity / loyalty"
        },
        {
          "period": "Later English",
          "sense": "veracity; conformity with fact; quality of being true"
        }
      ],
      "origin": {
        "earliest_attestation": "Old English (date not specified)",
        "note": "Timestamp unknown in provided excerpt; populate when sourced."
      },
      "raw_etymology": "truth (n.) Old English triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian) \"faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true,\" from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz-. Root PIE *deru- “be firm, solid, steadfast” — same as \"tree\", \"endure\", \"trust\".",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "User provided",
          "note": "Anchoring excerpt supplied in chat."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}