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Where does “þrim-” come from?

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

þrim- (Old English): three; a third

Definitions

  1. three; a third

Ancestry of “þrim-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþrim—
2Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →