Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “thrī” come from?

thrī (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Ancestry of “thrī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
2Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “thrī”

  • drietand
  • drie
  • drietal
  • driewieler
  • driepoot
  • driecilinder
  • drieling
  • drieklank
  • drieluik
  • drievoet
  • driekleur
  • dri
  • drie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →