Where does “þrír” come from?

þrír (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

þrír (Old Norse): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “þrír”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
2Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “þrír”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ →