[[plants-herbs-vegetation]] --- `+` [[sacredness-divinity]] = [[tree-of-life]] `+` [[axis-mundi]] = [[world-tree]] pl. [[forests]] [[world-tree]] [[tree-of-life]] [[p-friedrich1970]] [[cusack2011b]] sacred tree - [[y-hosoi1976]] Japan - [[sundqvist-2017]] [[k-dowden2000]] tree of life - PIE `*dóru` ("tree, wood") - Skt. `dā́ru, dróḥ` - Grk. `dóru, dourós` ("stem, tree, spear") - PIE [[forests]] ## Trustworthiness The basic word for ‘tree’ and ‘wood’ was *dor-u- [51], from which the Germanic terms for ‘trust, loyalty’ are derived (cf. Goth. triggwa ‘alliance’, OHG triuwa ‘loyalty’, OE trēow ‘belief, loyalty, truth’, etc.). [[klein-et2017-20]] ## Branch ### Estonia In southern Estonia predominantly single-standing holy trees were worshipped.   Sources *Christianization in Estonia: A Process of Dual-Faith and Syncretism by Heiki Valk In: The Cross Goes North ed. Martin Carver ## Type [[*hosk-ash-tree]] ### Web Resources https://www.indo-european-connection.com/words/tree