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.

Drenthe (English): with Assen as capital and Emmen as largest city

Definitions

  1. with Assen as capital and Emmen as largest city

Ancestry of “Drenthe”, step by step

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