Where does “tredje” come from?
tredje (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þriði, from Proto-Germanic þridjô, from Proto-Indo-European tretyós, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.
tredje (Norwegian Bokmål): third
Ancestry of “tredje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þriði | third |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þridjô | third |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tretyós | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥tyós | third |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tréyes | three |
Words derived from “tredje”