tåri (Polabian)

Where does "tåri" come from?

The Polabian word 'tåri' traces its origins back to the Proto-Indo-European root 'tréyes,' meaning 'three.' It evolved through Proto-Balto-Slavic and Proto-Slavic into a family of related terms, sharing a common ancestor with modern words like the Russian 'tri' and Polish 'trzy'.

Full etymology tree

• tåri (Polabian), 'three (3)'
  • inherited *trь̏je (Proto-Slavic), 'three'
    • inherited *tríjes (Proto-Balto-Slavic), 'three'
      • inherited *tréyes (Proto-Indo-European), 'three'

Ancestors

• *tríjes (Proto-Balto-Slavic)
• *tréyes (Proto-Indo-European)

Cognates and doublets

• trzy (Polish)
• три (Russian)

Updated July 2026

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