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Where does “Durdreiklang” come from?

Durdreiklang (German) comes from German Dreiklang, 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.

Durdreiklang (German): major triad

Definitions

  1. major triad

Ancestry of “Durdreiklang”, step by step

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