Where does “triss” come from?

triss (Swedish) comes from Italian tris, from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

triss (Swedish): three of a kind

Definitions

  1. three of a kind

Ancestry of “triss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrisprile; three of a kind; trio
2Latinterthrice
3Latinterr
4Old Latintris
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Italic trēsEvery word from Old Latin tris