Where does “trwaa” come from?

trwaa (Michif) comes from Canadian French trois, from Old French treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trwaa (Michif): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trwaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Canadian Frenchtroisthree
2Old FrenchtreisAlternative form of trois
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →