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

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishþrirthree
2Old Norseþrírthree
3Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
4Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tre”

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