Where does “trijnieks” come from?

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

trijnieks (Latvian): three, number three; three; something with the...

Definitions

  1. three, number three; three; something with the...

Ancestry of “trijnieks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatviantrīsAPI; three; three o'clock
2Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes →Every word from Latvian trīs →