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Where does “trȋ” come from?

trȋ (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trȋ (Serbo-Croatian): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trȋ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictri—
2Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trȋ”

  • treći
  • tristo
  • trideset
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →