Where does “τριάκοντα” come from?

τριάκοντα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European tridḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European tri-, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

τριάκοντα (Ancient Greek): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “τριάκοντα”, step by step

τριάκοντα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European tridḱómt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantridḱómtthirty
2Proto-Indo-Europeantri-three, threefold
3Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via Proto-Indo-European tri(d)ḱomt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantri(d)ḱomtthirty; three-ten

Words derived from “τριάκοντα

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyesEvery word from Proto-Indo-European tri-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tridḱómt