Where does “tríggir” come from?

tríggir (Faroese) comes from Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tríggir (Faroese): three, cardinal number after tvey and before fýra

Definitions

  1. three, cardinal number after tvey and before fýra

Ancestry of “tríggir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrírthree
2Proto-Norseᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉthree
3Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tríggir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ →
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