Where does “trehjuling” come from?

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

trehjuling (Swedish): tricycle, trike

Definitions

  1. tricycle, trike

Ancestry of “trehjuling”, step by step

trehjuling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtrethree
2Old Swedishþrirthree
3Old Norseþrírthree
4Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

via Swedish hjuling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhjuling
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Germanic þrīzEvery word from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ