Where does “drei” come from?

drei (Hunsrik) comes from Central Franconian 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.

drei (Hunsrik): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “drei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Franconiandreithree
2Middle High Germandrīthree
3Old High Germandrīthree
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →