Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tríjes

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral edit

*tríjes^[1]^[2]

**Proto-Balto-Slavic cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : *tríjes

three

Inflection edit

Mobile accent, plural only.

Descendants edit

Latgalian: treis
Latvian: trîs (possibly borrowed from Lithuanian)
Lithuanian: trỹs
Proto-Slavic: *trь̏je (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*trьje; *tri”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 499: “*trejes”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “trys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471: “*trejes”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*trьje; *tri”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 499: “*trejes”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “trys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471: “*trejes”

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