Where does “דרײַעק” come from?

דרײַעק (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.

דרײַעק (Yiddish): triangle

Definitions

  1. triangle

Ancestry of “דרײַעק”, step by step

דרײַעק 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 עק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishעקtail; corner; angle
2Old High Germanecka—
3Proto-West Germanicaggjuedge, corner
4Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “דרײַעק”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →