Where does “tri” come from?

tri (Breton) comes from Middle Breton try, from Old Breton tri, from Proto-Brythonic tri, from Proto-Celtic trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tri (Breton): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Bretontry—
2Old Bretontri—
3Proto-Brythonictrithree
4Proto-Celtictrīsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Celtic trīs →Every word from Proto-Brythonic tri →