Where does “трыццаць” come from?
трыццаць (Belarusian) comes from Belarusian тры, from Proto-Slavic tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
трыццаць (Belarusian): thirty
Ancestry of “трыццаць”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Belarusian | тры | three |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tri | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tríjes | three |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |