Where does “drievoet” come from?

drievoet (Dutch) comes from Dutch voet, from Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

drievoet (Dutch): A tripod: vessel, stool, bench or stand on three...

Definitions

  1. A tripod: vessel, stool, bench or stand on three...

Ancestry of “drievoet”, step by step

drievoet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch voet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvoetfoot; Dutch foot; imperial foot
2Middle Dutchvoetfoot; paw; foot, bottom part, base
3Old Dutchfuotfoot
4Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
5Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Dutch drie

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

Words derived from “drievoet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →