Where does “dreie” come from?
dreie (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German dreien, from Old Saxon thrāian, from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
dreie (Norwegian Bokmål): to turn; to rotate
Ancestry of “dreie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | dreien | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | thrāian | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | þrāan | to twist |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þrēaną | to twist, to turn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
Words derived from “dreie”