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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/četyre

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketū́res, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. The source of the acute long -ūˀ- (> -ỳ- in Slavic) is unclear.

Numeral

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  1. four

Declension

Alternative forms

  • *čьtyre (unaccented *е reduced to *ь)

Descendants

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), *četỳre”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 87: “num. (a) ‘four’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), četyre”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a fire (PR 133)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), štírje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*čety̋re, *čьty̋re
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