Where does “سه” come from?

سه (Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐏂, from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

سه (Persian): API •; three; black

Definitions

  1. API •; three; black

Ancestry of “سه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐏂The thirty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script
2Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
3Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “سه”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian θráyah →