Where does “dreie” come from?

dreie (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German dreien, from Old Saxon thrāian, from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

dreie (Plautdietsch): to turn; to revolve; to rotate

Definitions

  1. to turn; to revolve; to rotate

Ancestry of “dreie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandreien—
2Old Saxonthrāianto turn
3Proto-West Germanicþrāanto twist
4Proto-Germanicþrēanąto twist, to turn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrāan →