Where does “ตฤๅ” come from?
ตฤๅ (Thai) comes from Khmer ត្រី, from Sanskrit त्रि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
ตฤๅ (Thai): fish
Ancestry of “ตฤๅ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Khmer | ត្រី | fish; pawn |
| 2 | Sanskrit | त्रि | three |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | tráyas | three |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | tráyas | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |