Where does “dree” come from?

dree (Low German) comes from Middle Low German drê, from Old Saxon thrīe, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

dree (Low German): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “dree”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandrê—
2Old Saxonthrīethree
3Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
4Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →