Where does “Dreier” come from?

Dreier (German) comes 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.

Dreier (German): three; threesome

Definitions

  1. three; threesome

Ancestry of “Dreier”, step by step

Dreier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Drei

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

via Bavarian drei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bavariandreithree

Words derived from “Dreier

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
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