Where does “trithing” come from?

trithing (English) comes from Middle English trithing, from Old English þriðing, from Old Norse þriðjungr, from Proto-Germanic þridjô, from Proto-Indo-European tretyós, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

trithing (English): One of three ancient divisions of a county in...

Definitions

  1. One of three ancient divisions of a county in...

Ancestry of “trithing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtrithing
2Old Englishþriðing
3Old Norseþriðjungrthird part
4Proto-Germanicþridjôthird
5Proto-Indo-Europeantretyós
6Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥tyósthird
7Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “trithing

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes
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