Where does “tréimhse” come from?

tréimhse (Irish) comes from Old Irish tréimse, from Old Irish trí, from Proto-Celtic trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tréimhse (Irish): period, time; time limit, limitation; duration

Definitions

  1. period, time; time limit, limitation; duration

Ancestry of “tréimhse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtréimse—
2Old Irishtríthree
3Proto-Celtictrīsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tréimhse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Celtic trīs →Every word from Old Irish trí →