Where does “tredjemann” come from?
tredjemann (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tredje, from Old Norse þriði, from Proto-Germanic þridjô, from Proto-Indo-European tretyós, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.
tredjemann (Norwegian Bokmål): a third party
Ancestry of “tredjemann”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tredje | third |
| 2 | Old Norse | þriði | third |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þridjô | third |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tretyós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥tyós | third |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tréyes | three |