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PMA
  tri           “three”           Sanskrit 
  tir           “three”           Hindi

VISW
  *th-l-                          Proto-IndoEuropean-AfroAsiatic
  *th-r- 
    l > r after th in anlaut      Proto-IndoEuropean
    + y
  trayas        “three”           Sanskrit
  treis         “three”           Attic Greek
  thri:r        “three”           Old Norse
  dri:          “three”           Old High German

  *th-l-                          Proto-AfroAsiatic
    + th , half-reduplication ?
  thala:thun    “three”           Arabic
  shala:shu     “three”           Assyrian
  sha:lo:sh     “three”           Hebrew
  tela:th       “three”           Aramaic 

MCVc:

  *telu         “three”           Proto-Austronesian

  **tila[:]ti-   id. 

  *c^VlVc^-      id.              Proto-AfroAsiatic

  *t_ala:t_-     id.              Proto-Semitic

  **tilati-      id.              Pre-Proto-IndoEuropean
  *t[^]ret^- >
  *trey-         id.              Proto-IndoEuropean 

  **tilut- >
  hirur          id.              Basque
 
PMA
  toru, tolu, tilu, tiru, taru, tero, 
  tru, tlu, tel, tal, tl-         common Austronesian 
                                  from Madagascar to 
                                  Polynesia

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