Where does “treis” come from?
treis (Norman) comes from Old French treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
treis (Norman): three
Ancestry of “treis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | treis | Alternative form of trois |
| 2 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |