Where does “tre” come from?

tre (Danish) comes from Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tre (Danish): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrírthree
2Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
3Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ →