Where does “tráyas” come from?

tráyas (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tráyas (Proto-Indo-Aryan): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tráyas”, step by step

tráyas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
2Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Indo-Iranian *tráyas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-Iranian*tráyas—

Words derived from “tráyas”

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