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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/četvьrtъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Proto-Slavic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *četyre
    Ordinal: *četvьrtъ
    Adverbial: *četyre šьdy, *četyre kortь
    Multiplier: *četverъnъ, *četyre kortьnъ
    Collective: *čеtvеrо
    Fractional: *četvьrtina, *četvьrtь, *četvьrtъka

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketwirtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tHos.

Adjective

*četvьrtъ[1][2]

  1. fourth

Declension

Derived terms

  • *četvьrtina
  • *četvьrtъka (quarter)
  • *četvьrtъkъ (Thursday)
  • *četvьrtь (quarter)
  • *četverъ, *četvorъ (four)
  • *četyre (four)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*četvьrtъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87: “num. o ‘fourth’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), četvьrtъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a fjerde (PR 133)”
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