Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷetwores

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Proto-Celtic numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: *kʷetwores
    Ordinal: *kʷetwariyos, *kʷetrutos

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

*kʷetwores (feminine *kʷetesres, prefix *kʷetru-)

  1. four

Inflection

Irregular numeral
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *kʷetwores
vocative *kʷetwores
accusative *kʷetworans
genitive *kʷeturiyom
dative *kʷeturibom
instrumental *kʷeturibim
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *kʷetesres
vocative *kʷetesres
accusative *kʷetesrans
genitive *kʷetesriyom
dative *kʷetesribom
instrumental *kʷetesribim
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *?
vocative *?
accusative *?
genitive *kʷeturiyom
dative *kʷeturibom
instrumental *kʷeturibim

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *pedwar
    • Old Breton: petguar
      • Middle Breton: peuar
    • Cornish: peswar, peder
    • Old Welsh: petguar
  • Old Irish: cethair, cetheoir f