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Where does “dritte” come from?

dritte (German) comes from Old High German dritto, from Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō, from Proto-Germanic þridjô, from Proto-Indo-European tretyós, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

dritte (German): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “dritte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandrittothird
2Proto-West Germanic*þriddjō—
3Proto-Germanicþridjôthird
4Proto-Indo-Europeantretyós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥tyósthird
6Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “dritte”

  • drittrangig
  • drittklassig
  • drittgrößte
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