Where does “trei” come from?

trei (Neapolitan) comes from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trei (Neapolitan): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintresthree; 3
2EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
3Middle Englishthrethree
4Old Englishþrīthree
5Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
6Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →