Where does “त्रि” come from?

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

त्रि (Sanskrit): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “त्रि”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
2Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “त्रि”

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