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

Etymology

From earlier *kʷetwr̥es, from the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *kʷetwores     Ordinal : *kʷetwariyos

*kʷetwores (feminine *kʷetesres)

1. four

Descendants

• Brythonic: *pedwar
  • Old Breton: petguar
    • Middle Breton: peuar
      • Breton: pevar
  • Cornish: peswar, peder
  • Old Welsh: petguar
    • Middle Welsh: pedwar
      • Welsh: pedwar
• Old Irish: cethair, cetheoir f
  • Irish: ceathair
  • Manx: kiare
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceithir