Where does “tre” come from?
tre (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish þrir, from Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tre (Swedish): three
Ancestry of “tre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | þrir | three |
| 2 | Old Norse | þrír | three |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ | three |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |