Where does “hirê” come from?

hirê (Zazaki) comes from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

hirê (Zazaki): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “hirê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
2Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian θráyah →