Where does “troika” come from?
Troika derives from Russian тро́йка, based on Russian три meaning "three," from Latin tres, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tréyes with the same sense.
troika (English): A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three...
Definitions
- A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three...
Ancestry of “troika”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | тро́йка | a group of three |
| 2 | Russian | три | three; second-person singular imperative... |
| 3 | Macedonian | трие | to rub |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | trьje | three |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tríjes | three |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |