Where does “three” come from?

Three comes from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes, the cardinal number.

three (English): A numerical value after two and before four....

Definitions

  1. A numerical value after two and before four....

Ancestry of “three”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthrethree
2Old Englishþrīthree
3Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
4Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

Words derived from “three

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes