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Where does “*truɨ” come from?

*truɨ (Proto-Brythonic) comes from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

Ancestry of “*truɨ”, step by step

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