Where does “þrifete” come from?

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

þrifete (Old English): three-footed

Definitions

  1. three-footed

Ancestry of “þrifete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþri-three, tri-
2Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Old English þri- →
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