Where does “דרײַער” come from?

דרײַער (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.

דרײַער (Yiddish): three-kopeck coin

Definitions

  1. three-kopeck coin

Ancestry of “דרײַער”, step by step

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