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Whtevi

Etymology

From Old Whtevi fei, from an unknown source, possibly from an Anatolian language (compare Hittite teri), via *trei > *þrei > *frei; alternatively, from Awen *feir < *ʍeir < *weir, from Proto-Lyndian *Vir (“three”). Cognates include Modern Basque (deprecated template usage) hiru, (deprecated template usage) hirur, from Proto-Vasconic *(h)irur̄, from *(h)ir (“three”) + *-(u)r̄ (“plural or collective”). The Proto-Vasconic suffix was likely employed to disambiguate the numeral from a homophone.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /fɛ̯e/
• (Cinkeihldi) IPA^(key): /fe̯ɪ/

Basque cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fei     Ordinal : feicyr

Numeral

fei

1. (cardinal) three