Where does “thrīe” come from?

thrīe (Middle English) comes from Old English þreowa, from Proto-West Germanic *þriwō.

thrīe (Middle English): three times, thrice; a third time

Definitions

  1. three times, thrice; a third time

Ancestry of “thrīe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþreowathree times, thrice
2Proto-West Germanic*þriwō—

Words derived from “thrīe”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *þriwō →Every word from Old English þreowa →