Where does “tři” come from?

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

tři (Czech): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tři”, step by step

tři traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Czech třie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechtřiethree
2Proto-Slavictri—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Proto-Slavic trьje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictrьjethree

Words derived from “tři”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes →Every word from Proto-Slavic tri →