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Where does “Drenthe” come from?

Drenthe (English) 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.

Ancestry of “Drenthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchDrenthe—
2Old DutchThriente—
3Old DutchThrianta—
4Old Dutchthriethree
5Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
6Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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