Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tráyas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Indo-Iranian

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *tráyas

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þrīz, Latin trēs.

Numeral

*tráyas (stem *tri-)

1. three

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tráyas
  • Sanskrit: त्रि (trí) (त्रयस् m (tráyas, nom. pl.)), त्रीणि n (trī́ṇi) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *θráyah (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *tré
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: tre

      Kativiri: tre

    • Prasuni: ćši, ći
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: trë
    • Tregami: tre
    • Waigali: tre