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three — a cognate across the family (PIE *treyes)
cognate
The word for 'three', one etymon descending down several branches and meeting at the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *treyes. Reflexes (attested): italic: tres; hellenic: treis; indo-iranian: trayas; germanic: three; celtic: tri. The Germanic form follows Grimm's law t -> th: tres -> three. The reflexes are attested; *treyes is a reconstruction (a postulate, not sealed). This cognate is where the branches that carry it connect.
source
the comparative method; cognate sets of Indo-European · stick_grimm_s_law_a_regular_sound_correspondence_verified
card id
card_cognate_three
address
WIT.codex.FCT/three/REF.WITNESSED@the-comparative-method-c
adjoining cards
- builds on → Italic — a branch of Indo-European — three: the italic reflex tres
- builds on → Hellenic — a branch of Indo-European — three: the hellenic reflex treis
- builds on → Indo-Iranian — a branch of Indo-European — three: the indo-iranian reflex trayas
- builds on → Germanic — a branch of Indo-European — three: the germanic reflex three
- builds on → Celtic — a branch of Indo-European — three: the celtic reflex tri
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