Talk:сорок

The greek etymology is hard to accept. Better choise would be turkic kırk.

Происходит от др.-русск. сорокъ. Это русское слово сменило более древнее «четыре десѧте». Часто объясняется как заимств. из греч. τεσσαράκοντα. Изложенные этимологии не могут удовлетворить. Не исключена возможность, что сорок восходит к др.-вост.-слав. *съркъ, заимств. из тюрк.; ср. тур. kırk. —Stephen ^(Talk) 09:50, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

So I propose to change the article.

You can change. Just mention both of possibilities, because it is uncertain. —Stephen ^(Talk) 10:53, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

What about this Udmurt possibility? https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-etymology-of-the-Russian-word-sorok-meaning-forty

The number box has a mistake: not "40-ый(40-yj)" but "40-ой(40-oj)". —2dk (talk) 04:56, 26 April 2023 (UTC)