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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tretь

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This Proto-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-Slavic

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Proto-Slavic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *trьje
    Ordinal: *tretь
    Adverbial: *tri šьdy, *trijьťi, *trьje kortь
    Multiplier: *trojakъ, *trojьnъ, *trьje kortьnъ
    Collective: *trojь
    Fractional: *tretina

Etymology

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

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

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

Adjective

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*tretь

  1. third

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tretь”, in 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, Max (1964–1973) “тре́тий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress