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
Ancestry of “tre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Celtic | trimo- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | *trei | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₂- | to cross over, pass through, overcome |