Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrīz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *þrijiz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θriːz/

Numeral

Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *þrīz     Ordinal : *þridjô     Multiplier : *þrifalþaz     Prefix : *þri-

*þrīz

1. three

Inflection

Irregular, but most similar to the declension of i-stem nouns.

Declension of *þrīz

	masculine-feminine	neuter
	plural
nominative	*þrīz	*þrijō
accusative	*þrinz	*þrijō
genitive	*þrijǫ̂	*þrijǫ̂
dative	*þrimaz	*þrimaz
instrumental	*þrimiz	*þrimiz

Related terms

• *þridjô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þrīʀ
  • Old English: þrī, þrīe, þrȳ, þrēo
    • Middle English: thre, threo, thri, thrie, þre, þreo
      • English: three
      • Scots: three, threi, shrei, hrei
      • Yola: dhree, dhrie, dree
  • Old Frisian: thrē, thriā
    • North Frisian: tri
    • Saterland Frisian: träi
    • West Frisian: trije
  • Old Saxon: thrīe
    • Middle Low German: drê
      • German Low German: dree
      • Low German: drei, dree
      • Plautdietsch: dree
  • Old Dutch: thri, *thrie
    • Middle Dutch: dri m, drie f
      • Dutch: drie, drij (dialectal)
        • Afrikaans: drie
  • Old High German: drī
    • Middle High German: drī
      • Alemannic German: drüü, drü
      • Bavarian: drei

        Cimbrian: drai

        Mòcheno: drai

      • Central Franconian: drei
        • Hunsrik: drei
        • Luxembourgish: dräi
      • East Central German:

        Upper Saxon German: dreie

      • German: drei
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German: drei

      • Vilamovian: draj
      • Yiddish: דרײַ (dray)
• Proto-Norse: ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine nominative), ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þrīą) (masculine accusative)
  • Old Norse: þrír
    • Icelandic: þrír
    • Faroese: tríggir
    • Norn: trir
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: tri; (dialectal) trí, trir, try, (possibly influenced by Danish) tre
    • Jamtish: trí
    • Elfdalian: trair
    • Old Swedish: þrīr, þrī
      • Swedish: tre, try
    • Old Danish: thrē
      • Danish: tre
        • Norwegian Bokmål: tre
      • Scanian: tré
    • Gutnish: trei
• Gothic: 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis)