Where does “tredhegves” come from?

tredhegves (Cornish) comes from Cornish tredhek, from Cornish tri, from Proto-Brythonic tri, from Proto-Celtic trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tredhegves (Cornish): thirteenth

Definitions

  1. thirteenth

Ancestry of “tredhegves”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishtredhekthirteen
2Cornishtrithree
3Proto-Brythonictrithree
4Proto-Celtictrīsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Celtic trīs →Every word from Proto-Brythonic tri →