Where does “דרײַעקיק” come from?

דרײַעקיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דרײַעק, 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.

דרײַעקיק (Yiddish): triangular

Definitions

  1. triangular

Ancestry of “דרײַעקיק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדרײַעקtriangle
2Yiddishדרײַthree
3Middle High Germandrīthree
4Old High Germandrīthree
5Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
6Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →