Where does “trzylecie” come from?
trzylecie (Polish) comes from Polish łat, from Latvian lats, from Latvian Latvija, from Latvian latvis, from Latvian latuvis, from Latvian Latuva.
trzylecie (Polish): three-year-long period, triennium
Definitions
- three-year-long period, triennium
Ancestry of “trzylecie”, step by step
trzylecie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish łat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | łat | lat |
| 2 | Latvian | lats | lats monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014 |
| 3 | Latvian | Latvija | Latvia |
| 4 | Latvian | latvis | a Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian... |
| 5 | Latvian | latuvis | — |
| 6 | Latvian | Latuva | — |
via Polish trzy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | trzy | three |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | trьje | three |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tríjes | three |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |