trii̯ǝto-, trīto-

    trii̯ǝto-, trīto-

    English meaning: sea, watery

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “nasses Element”?

    Material: O.Ir. trïath, gen. trethan ‘sea” (Proto-Celt. *tri̯aton-); Gk. Σρί̄των, son of Poseidon or Nereus and the ᾽Αμφι-τρί̄τη, also river name, Tρῑτωνίς f. ‘sea in Libyen”; Σρῑτογένεια “epithet the Athene” rather as Tρῐτογενεια “am 3. days born “ with metr. lengthening of ι deutbar. Maybe Alb. tret “dissolve in water”

    Note: The origin of Gk. Σρί̄των ‘son of Poseidon or Nereus” derived from Root trei- : “three” or the trident of the sea god. It was initially a number and later it became the name for the sea.

    References: WP. I 760.