Where does “trīs” come from?

trīs (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trīs (Latvian): API; three; three o'clock

Definitions

  1. API; three; three o'clock

Ancestry of “trīs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
2Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trīs”

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