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Where does “treer” come from?

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

treer (Danish): third; three

Definitions

  1. third; three

Ancestry of “treer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtrethree
2Old Norseþrírthree
3Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
4Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →