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
Ancestry of “teir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Celtic | tisres | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tisres | feminine nominative/vocative of *tréyes |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | trisres | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tréyes | three |