Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trīs

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *tréyes and feminine *tisres.

Numeral edit

Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *trīs
    Ordinal : *tritiyos

*trīs (feminine *tisres)

  1. three

Inflection edit

Irregular numeral
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *trīs
vocative *trīs
accusative *trims
genitive *triyom
dative *tribom
instrumental *tribim
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *tisres
vocative *tisres
accusative *tisrams
genitive *tisrom
dative *tisribom
instrumental *tisribim
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *trī
vocative *trī
accusative *trī
genitive *triyom
dative *tribom
instrumental *tribim

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tri m
    • Old Breton: tri
    • Cornish: tri
    • Middle Welsh: tri
  • Proto-Brythonic: *teir f
  • Old Irish: trí, tri
  • Gaulish: treis m, tiđres f
  • Celtiberian: Tiriś
  • Lusitanian: *trīs