Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷettwōr
 |
This Proto-Italic 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-Italic
[edit]| ← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: *kʷettwōr Ordinal: *kʷatwortos Prefix: *kʷatru- | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, neuter plural of *kʷetwóres.
Numeral
[edit]*kʷettwōr n
Declension
[edit]This numeral is uninflected in attested Italic languages, but the stem variation *kʷattwor- ~ *kʷVtur- (from the oblique stem) alongside *kʷettwor- (from the nominative stem) imply the former presence of an ablauting paradigm:
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kʷettwores | *kʷettwores | *kʷettwōr |
| vocative | — | — | — |
| accusative | *kʷettworəns | *kʷettworəns | *kʷettwōr |
| genitive | *kʷaturom | *kʷaturom | *kʷaturom |
| dative | *kʷattworβos | *kʷattworβos | *kʷattworβos |
| ablative | *kʷattworβos | *kʷattworβos | *kʷattworβos |
| locative | *kʷattworβos | *kʷattworβos | *kʷattworβos |