Where does “триста” come from?

триста (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

триста (Russian): three hundred

Definitions

  1. three hundred

Ancestry of “триста”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictri—
2Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes →Every word from Proto-Slavic tri →