Where does “Drenthe” come from?

Drenthe (Dutch) comes from Old Dutch Thriente, from Old Dutch Thrianta, from Old Dutch thrie, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Drenthe (Dutch): Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands

Definitions

  1. Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands

Ancestry of “Drenthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old DutchThriente—
2Old DutchThrianta—
3Old Dutchthriethree
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “Drenthe”

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