Where does “thre” come from?

thre (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

thre (Old Danish): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “thre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrírthree
2Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
3Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ →