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Where does “teir” come from?

teir (Breton) comes from Proto-Celtic tisres, from Proto-Indo-European tisres, from Proto-Indo-European trisres, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

teir (Breton): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “teir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictisres—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantisresfeminine nominative/vocative of *tréyes
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrisres—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
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