Where does “Dreieckspyramide” come from?

Dreieckspyramide (German) comes from German Dreieck, 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.

Dreieckspyramide (German): pyramid with a triangular base

Definitions

  1. pyramid with a triangular base

Ancestry of “Dreieckspyramide”, step by step

Dreieckspyramide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Dreieck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDreiecktriangle
2GermanDreithree
3Middle High Germandrīthree
4Old High Germandrīthree
5Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
6Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via German Pyramide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPyramidepyramid
2Latinpȳramisa pyramid
3Ancient Greekπυραμίςpyramid; a type of cake
4Ancient Greek-ῐςa woman pertaining to —; "suffix forming feminine...
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