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Where does “Dreitagebart” come from?

Dreitagebart (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.

Dreitagebart (German): stubble grown after three days

Definitions

  1. stubble grown after three days

Ancestry of “Dreitagebart”, step by step

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