Where does “thrīe” come from?
thrīe (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Ancestry of “thrīe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “thrīe”