Where does “drei” come from?

drei (Central Franconian) comes from Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

drei (Central Franconian): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “drei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandrīthree
2Old High Germandrīthree
3Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
4Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “drei”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →
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