Where does “þri-” come from?

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

þri- (Old English): three, tri-

Definitions

  1. three, tri-

Ancestry of “þri-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þri-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →