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
- three, number three; three; something with the...
Ancestry of “trijnieks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | trīs | API; three; three o'clock |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tríjes | three |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |