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

Proto-Indo-European terms prefixed with *kʷetwr̥-
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷétwr̥dḱomt
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷetwr̥tós

Descendants

  • Proto-Celtic: *kʷetru- (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *feþur-
  • Hellenic:
  • Proto-Italic: *kʷatru-
    • Latin: quadri-, quadru- (see there for further descendants)
    • Umbrian: petur- (as in peturpursus)
  • 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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