Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/trís
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This Proto-Indo-European 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-European
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| Cardinal: *tréyes Ordinal: *tritós Adverbial: *trís Prefix: *tri- | ||
Etymology
[edit]From *tri- (“three”) + *-s (adverbial suffix).
Adverb
[edit]*trís[1]
- thrice (three times)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: τρίς (trís)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tríš
- Proto-Italic: *tris[2]
- Latin: ter
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems][1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 803–804
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “trēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 628–629