Where does “dreistellig” come from?
dreistellig (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.
dreistellig (German): three-digit
Definitions
- three-digit
Ancestry of “dreistellig”, step by step
dreistellig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Drei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Drei | three |
| 2 | Middle High German | drī | three |
| 3 | Old High German | drī | three |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via German Stelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stelle | place, stead, location, position, lieu; position... |
| 2 | German | Stellen | gerund of stellen; plural of Stelle |
| 3 | Middle High German | stellen | to put, to place |
| 4 | Old High German | stellen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stalljan | to put, to place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |