Where does “Dräisprong” come from?

Dräisprong (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish dräi, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Dräisprong (Luxembourgish): triple jump

Definitions

  1. triple jump

Ancestry of “Dräisprong”, step by step

Dräisprong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish dräi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishdräithree
2Old High Germandrīthree
3Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
4Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Luxembourgish Sprong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishSprongjump, leap
2Old High Germansprungjump
3Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →