Where does “tříletý” come from?

tříletý (Czech) comes from Czech tři, from Old Czech třie, from Proto-Slavic tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tříletý (Czech): three-year, three-year-long

Definitions

  1. three-year, three-year-long

Ancestry of “tříletý”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechtřithree
2Old Czechtřiethree
3Proto-Slavictri—
4Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes →Every word from Proto-Slavic tri →