Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trē

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Suggested to be contracted from *trāē, from earlier *trāsē, dative singular of *trās, from earlier *trāns (“across”).
Alternatively, from pre-Celtic Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂éy, alternative form of *tr̥h₂és, both fossilized inflected forms of a root noun **térh₂s.
In either case, derived from the root *terh₂- (“to cross, go through”).

Preposition

*trē

1. through

Related terms

• *taras (“through”)
• *trāns (“across”)

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *truɨ
  • Old Breton: tre, dre
    • Breton: dre
  • Old Welsh: troi
    • Middle Welsh: trwy
      • Welsh: trwy, drwy
• Old Irish: tri, tre, tré, trí
  • Middle Irish: tre, tré, tri, trí
    • Irish: trí, tré; tré-; fríd, ⇒ fríd
    • Scottish Gaelic: tre
    • ⇒ Manx: trooid