Where does “tertiääri” come from?

tertiääri (Finnish) comes from Swedish tertiär, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tertiääri (Finnish): Tertiary

Definitions

  1. Tertiary

Ancestry of “tertiääri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtertiär—
2Latintertiāriuscontaining a third part
3Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tertiääri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →