Where does “thirdness” come from?
thirdness (English) comes from English third, from Middle English thirde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō, from Proto-Germanic þridjô, from Proto-Indo-European tretyós, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.
thirdness (English): The quality of being or coming third
Definitions
- The quality of being or coming third
Ancestry of “thirdness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | third | The ordinal form of the cardinal number three;... |
| 2 | Middle English | thirde | — |
| 3 | Old English | þridda | third |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *þriddjō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þridjô | third |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tretyós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥tyós | third |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tréyes | three |