Where does “tredhek” come from?

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

tredhek (Cornish): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “tredhek”, step by step

tredhek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishtrithree
2Proto-Brythonictrithree
3Proto-Celtictrīsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Cornish deg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishdegten
2Proto-Brythonicdegten
3Proto-Celticdekamten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

Words derived from “tredhek”

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