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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tretь

This Proto-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-Slavic

Proto-Slavic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *trьje
    Ordinal: *tretь
    Adverbial: *tri šьdy, *trijьťi

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tretias, remodeled from *tirtias (preserved in Old Prussian) by analogy with the cardinal number,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyos.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian trẽčias, Latvian trešs, Old Prussian tīrts.

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtī́ya), Latin tertius, Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos), Proto-Germanic *þridjô.

Adjective

*tretь

  1. third

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 497
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 497
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), тре́тий”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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