fiuwar

Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fiuwar

Alternative forms

• fiwar, fior

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiu̯.wɑr/, /ˈfiy̯.wɑr/

Numeral

fiuwar

1. four

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vêr
  • Low German:
    • Dutch Low Saxon: vier, veer
    • German Low German: veer (Hamburgisch)
      • Westphalian:

        Münsterländisch: veer

        East Westphalian: veier (Paderbornisch), fåir' (Ravensbergisch)

  • Plautdietsch: vea