Where does “trica” come from?

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

trica (Serbo-Croatian): three; anything numbered three; the school grade...

Definitions

  1. three; anything numbered three; the school grade...

Ancestry of “trica”, 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 →