Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “þrī” come from?

þrī (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Ancestry of “þrī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
2Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “þrī”

  • three
  • distribution
  • contribution
  • contribute
  • tribes
  • attribute
  • tribe
  • tribal
  • triangle
  • contributing
  • tribute
  • trivial
  • tribunal
  • distribute
  • triple
  • trench
  • attributable
  • retribution
  • redistribution
  • Trinidad
  • attribution
  • tributary
  • distributor
  • trimester
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