Where does “dri” come from?
dri (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch thrī, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
dri (Middle Dutch): Alternative form of drie
Ancestry of “dri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | thrī | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |