Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tríjes

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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]

three

Inflection

Mobile accent, plural only.

Descendants

Latvian: trîs (possibly borrowed from Lithuanian)
Lithuanian: trỹs
Slavic: *trь̏je

References

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”
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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[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”