Where does “tretivu” come from?

tretivu (Faroese) comes from Danish tredive, from Old Danish thretiughæ, from Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tretivu (Faroese): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “tretivu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtredivethirty
2Old Danishthretiughæthirty
3Old Norseþrírthree
4Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Germanic þrīzEvery word from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ
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