Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/kʷétwores

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Proto-Hellenic numbers (edit)
40
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    Cardinal: *kʷétwores
    Ordinal: *kʷétwərtos

Etymology

    From earlier Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).[1]

    Numeral

    *kʷétwores

    1. four

    Inflection

    This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

    • Ancient Greek: τέσσαρες (téssares), τέτταρες (téttares)
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀤𐀵𐀫 (qe-to-ro)[2]

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέσσαρες, -α”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1471-2
    2. ^ Mycenaean Greek Word List
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