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

  1. three-digit

Ancestry of “dreistellig”, step by step

dreistellig 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 Stelle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStelleplace, stead, location, position, lieu; position...
2GermanStellengerund of stellen; plural of Stelle
3Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
4Old High Germanstellen
5Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes