Where does “treći” come from?

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

treći (Serbo-Croatian): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “treći”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantrȋthree
2Proto-Slavictri—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tríjes →Every word from Proto-Slavic tri →