Where does “dau ddeg tri” come from?

dau ddeg tri (Welsh) comes from Welsh tri, from Proto-Brythonic tri, from Proto-Celtic trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

dau ddeg tri (Welsh): twenty-three

Definitions

  1. twenty-three

Ancestry of “dau ddeg tri”, step by step

dau ddeg tri traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshtrithree
2Proto-Brythonictrithree
3Proto-Celtictrīsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Welsh dau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshdautwo
2Proto-Brythonic*dowtwo
3Proto-Celtic*duwotwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

via Welsh deg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshdegten; Soft mutation of teg
2Proto-Brythonicdegten
3Proto-Celticdekamten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →