Where does “dreimotorig” come from?

dreimotorig (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.

dreimotorig (German): three-engined

Definitions

  1. three-engined

Ancestry of “dreimotorig”, step by step

dreimotorig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Drei

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

via German motor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmotorengine mechanical device
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →