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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷetwr̥-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Zero grade form of *kʷetwóres (“four”).

Prefix

*kʷ(e)twr̥- (before cons.) or *kʷ(e)tur- (before vow.) or *kʷ(e)tru- (with metathesis)[1]

  1. four, fourfold

Derived terms
Category Proto-Indo-European terms prefixed with *kʷetwr̥- not found

Descendants
  • Proto-Germanic: *feþur-
  • Hellenic:
  • Italic:
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čatwr̥-
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćatwr̥-
      • Sanskrit: चतुर्- (catur-)

References
  1. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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