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
Ancestry of “treer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | tre | three |
| 2 | Old Norse | þrír | three |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ | three |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |