Where does “Dreiradl” come from?

Dreiradl (Bavarian) comes from Bavarian Radl, from Bavarian Råd, from Middle High German rāt, from Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Dreiradl (Bavarian): tricycle, trike

Definitions

  1. tricycle, trike

Ancestry of “Dreiradl”, step by step

Dreiradl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bavarian Radl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BavarianRadlwheel
2BavarianRådwheel
3Middle High Germanrātadvice, a piece of advice, counsel
4Old High Germanrātadvice, council; advise
5Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
6Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Bavarian drei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bavariandreithree
2Middle High Germandrīthree
3Old High Germandrīthree
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-