Where does “drie” come from?

drie (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch thrīe, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

drie (Middle Dutch): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “drie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchthrīe—
2Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
3Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “drie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →