Where does “Drill” come from?

Drill (German) comes from Middle High German drilich, from Old High German drilīh, from Latin trilix, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Ancestry of “Drill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandrilich—
2Old High Germandrilīh—
3Latintrilixhaving triple thread, three-ply
4Latintri-three, tri-
5Latintrēsthree; 3
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “Drill”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →