Where does “דרײַטרעף” come from?

דרײַטרעף (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דרײַ, from Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

דרײַטרעף (Yiddish): turkey

Definitions

  1. turkey

Ancestry of “דרײַטרעף”, step by step

דרײַטרעף traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish דרײַ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדרײַthree
2Middle High Germandrīthree
3Old High Germandrīthree
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Yiddish טרעפֿן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishטרעפֿןmeet; guess
2Middle High Germantreffen—
3Old High Germantreffanto hit
4Proto-West Germanic*drepanto hit, strike
5Proto-Germanicdrepanąto hit, strike
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...
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