Where does “Drents” come from?

Drents (Dutch) comes from Dutch Drenthe, 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.

Drents (Dutch): of, from, pertaining to or characteric of Drenthe

Definitions

  1. of, from, pertaining to or characteric of Drenthe

Ancestry of “Drents”, step by step

Drents traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Drenthe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchDrentheDrenthe, a province of the Netherlands
2Old DutchThriente—
3Old DutchThrianta—
4Old Dutchthriethree
5Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
6Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Dutch S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchS—

Words derived from “Drents”

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