Where does “drie” come from?

drie (Zealandic) comes from Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch thrīe, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

drie (Zealandic): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “drie”, step by step

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