Where does “þrie” come from?

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

þrie (Old English): Alternative form of þrī

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of þrī

Ancestry of “þrie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþrīthree
2Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
3Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →
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