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Where does “dritto” come from?

dritto (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō, from Proto-Germanic þridjô, from Proto-Indo-European tretyós, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

dritto (Old High German): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “dritto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*þriddjō—
2Proto-Germanicþridjôthird
3Proto-Indo-Europeantretyós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥tyósthird
5Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “dritto”

  • drittgrößte
  • drittklassig
  • drittrangig
  • dritte
  • drëtt
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