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
Ancestry of “þrim-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | þrim | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |