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
Ancestry of “dreien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | drei | three |
| 2 | Old High German | drī | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |