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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”

  • trijnieks
  • trīsstūris
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