Where does “dreibein” come from?

dreibein (English) comes from German Dreibein, from German Drei, from Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

dreibein (English): Trihedron

Definitions

  1. Trihedron

Ancestry of “dreibein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDreibeintripod; trihedron
2GermanDreithree
3Middle High Germandrīthree
4Old High Germandrīthree
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 →