Where does “þrilic” come from?

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

þrilic (Old English): threefold

Definitions

  1. threefold

Ancestry of “þrilic”, 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- →