Where does “tri” come from?

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

tri (Slovene): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tri”, 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 →