Where does “ਤੀਜਾ” come from?

ਤੀਜਾ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit तृतीय, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ਤੀਜਾ (Punjabi): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “ਤੀਜਾ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतृतीयthe third; thirdly, for the third time; the third...
2Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Sanskrit तृतीय →