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Where does “trii” come from?

trii (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian thrē, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trii (North Frisian): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianthrē—
2Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
3Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →