Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þrīʀ
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *þrīz.
Numeral[edit]
| < 2 | 3 | 4 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *þrīʀ | ||
*þrīʀ[1]
Inflection[edit]
No descendant preserves the final -ʀ, but it must have once been present in the southern languages on account of the word being monosyllabic.
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: þrī, þrīe, þrȳ, þrēo
- Old Frisian: thrē, thriā
- Old Saxon: thrīe
- Old Dutch: thri, *thrie
- Old High German: drī
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 121: “*þrīz”