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

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

    Numeral

    *tríjes[1][2]

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

    Inflection

    Mobile accent, plural only.

    Descendants

    • Proto-Baltic: *trijes
    • Proto-Slavic: *trь̏je (see there for further descendants)

    References

    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, 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