Where does “threo” come from?

threo (Middle English) comes from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

threo (Middle English): Alternative form of thre

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of thre

Ancestry of “threo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþrīthree
2Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
3Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Germanic þrīzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ
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