Where does “dreien” come from?

dreien (German) comes from German drei, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

dreien (German): dative plural of drei

Definitions

  1. dative plural of drei

Ancestry of “dreien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandreithree
2Old High Germandrīthree
3Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
4Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →
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