Where does “þrír” come from?

þrír (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

þrír (Icelandic): three; the cardinal number after tveir and...

Definitions

  1. three; the cardinal number after tveir and...

Ancestry of “þrír”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrírthree
2Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
3Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

Words derived from “þrír

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Germanic þrīzEvery word from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ