*þrīz

Runic: ᚦᚱᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθriːz/

numeral

Meanings

three

Etymology

From earlier *þrijiz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (‘three’).

Descendants

  • *þrīʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • thrie (Old Dutch)
      • dri, drie (Middle Dutch)
        • drie, drij (Dutch)
          • drie (Afrikaans)
  • *þrīʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • þrī, þrīe, þrīo, þrȳ, þrēo (Old English)
      • thre, threo, thri, thrie, þre, ðhre, ðre, þreo, þrie (Middle English)
        • three (English)
        • three, threi, hrei (Scots)
        • dhree, dhrie, dree (Yola)
  • *þrīʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • thrē, thriā (Old Frisian)
      • tri (North Frisian)
      • träi (Saterland Frisian)
      • trije (West Frisian)
  • *þrīʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • drī (Old High German)
      • drī (Middle High German)
        • drüü, drü (Alemannic German)
        • drei (Bavarian)
        • ? (East Central German)
        • drei (German)
        • ? (Rhine Franconian)
        • draj (Vilamovian)
        • דרײַ (dray) (Yiddish)
  • *þrīʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • drī (Old High German)
      • drī (Middle High German)
        • drei (Central Franconian)
          • drei (Hunsrik)
          • dräi (Luxembourgish)
  • *þrīʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • thrīe (Old Saxon)
      • drê (Middle Low German)
        • dree (Plautdietsch)
  • *þrīʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • thrīe (Old Saxon)
      • drê (Middle Low German)
        • drei, dree (Low German)
          • dree (German Low German)
  • ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • þrír (Old Norse)
      • trair (Elfdalian)
      • tríggir (Faroese)
      • trei (Gutnish)
      • þrír (Icelandic)
      • trí (Jamtish)
      • trir (Norn)
      • tri, trí, trir, try, tre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • þrír (Old Norse)
      • thrē (Old Danish)
        • tré (Scanian)
  • ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • þrír (Old Norse)
      • thrē (Old Danish)
        • tre (Danish)
          • tre (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • þrír (Old Norse)
      • þrīr, þrī (Old Swedish)
        • tre, try (Swedish)
  • ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þrīą) (Proto-Norse)
    • þrír (Old Norse)
      • trair (Elfdalian)
      • tríggir (Faroese)
      • trei (Gutnish)
      • þrír (Icelandic)
      • trí (Jamtish)
      • trir (Norn)
      • tri, trí, trir, try, tre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þrīą) (Proto-Norse)
    • þrír (Old Norse)
      • thrē (Old Danish)
        • tré (Scanian)
  • ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þrīą) (Proto-Norse)
    • þrír (Old Norse)
      • thrē (Old Danish)
        • tre (Danish)
          • tre (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þrīą) (Proto-Norse)
    • þrír (Old Norse)
      • þrīr, þrī (Old Swedish)
        • tre, try (Swedish)
  • 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis) (Gothic)

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