Where does “tre” come from?

tre (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic trimo-, from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

tre (Old Irish): through

Definitions

  1. through

Ancestry of “tre”, step by step

tre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic trimo-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictrimo-—
2Proto-Celtic*treithrough
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

via Celtic *trei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*trei—

Words derived from “tre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *trei →Every word from Proto-Celtic trimo- →