different between thro vs thre

English

Etymology 1

• Abbreviation of through.

Preposition

thro

1. (archaic) through
   • 1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI

     He the Red Sea rebuk'd also,
     That it updrying fled:
     As thro a desert dry to go,
     Them thro the deeps He led.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thro, thra, from Old Norse þrár (“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”).

Alternative forms

• throe

Adjective

thro (comparative more thro, superlative most thro)

1. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; vehement.
2. (obsolete) Bold.

Anagrams

• Roth, Thor, hotr, orth-, thor

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ro?/

Noun

thro

1. Aspirate mutation of tro.

Verb

thro

1. Aspirate mutation of tro.

Mutation

English

Numeral

thre

1. Obsolete spelling of three

Noun

thre

1. Obsolete spelling of three

Anagrams

• Hert

Middle English

Alternative forms

• þre, thrie, thri, threo

Etymology

From Old English þri?, þr?, þre?, from Proto-West Germanic *þr??, from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??re?/, /??ri?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Numeral

thre

1. three

Related terms

• thridde
• thrittene

Descendants

• English: three
• Scots: three, threi, shrei, hrei
• Yola: dhree, dhrie

References

• “thr??, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír.

Numeral

thre

1. three

Descendants

• Danish: tre

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þr??. Cognates include Old English þr? and Old Saxon thr?e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??re?/

Numeral

thr? m

1. three

Declension

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: trii

  Goesharde: trä m, träi f or n

  Halligen: tree'e m, traane f or n

  Helgoland: tree

  Mooring: tra m, trii f or n

  Sylt: trii

  Wiedingharde: trä m, träi f or n

• Saterland Frisian: träi m; trjo, tjo f or n
• West Frisian: trije

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 68

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?/

Noun

thre

1. Aspirate mutation of tre.