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

Proto-Italic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *kʷettwōr
    Ordinal: *kʷatwortos
    Prefix: *kʷatru-

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, neuter plural of *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

*kʷettwōr n

  1. four

Declension

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:

Declension of *kʷettwōr
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

Descendants

  • Latin: quattuor (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌕𐌉𐌖𐌓 (pettiur)
  • Umbrian: 𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌓 (petur)
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