Where does “driekwart” come from?

driekwart (Dutch) comes from Dutch kwart, from Middle Dutch quarte, from Old French quart, from Latin quarta, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

driekwart (Dutch): three-quarter, three-quarters

Definitions

  1. three-quarter, three-quarters

Ancestry of “driekwart”, step by step

driekwart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kwart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkwartquarter, one of four parts
2Middle Dutchquarte
3Old Frenchquartfourth; quarter
4Latinquartainflection of quārtus: ## nominative/vocative...
5Latinquārtusfourth
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Dutch drie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdriethree
2Middle Dutchdriethree
3Old Dutchthrīe
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
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