Where does “trí” come from?

trí (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trí (Old Irish): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trí”, step by step

trí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic trīs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictrīsthree
2Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Proto-Celtic *trei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*treithrough
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

via Celtic *trei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*trei—

Words derived from “trí”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Celtic trīs →