Where does “dreitürig” come from?

dreitürig (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.

dreitürig (German): three-door

Definitions

  1. three-door

Ancestry of “dreitürig”, step by step

dreitürig 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 tür

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantürdoor rigid plane on a hinge
2Old High Germanturidoor
3Proto-West Germanic*durdoor, hatch, flap
4Proto-Germanic*durz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwṓrdoor
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →