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Where does “drai” come from?

drai (Cimbrian) 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.

drai (Cimbrian): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “drai”, step by step

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