Words that come from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres

400 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — including four, career, square, quarter, quarters, fourteen, headquarters, quarrel.

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English (284)

Latin (27)

French (22)

Italian (13)

Ancient Greek (8)

Catalan (4)

Sanskrit (3)

Dutch (3)

Old Occitan (3)

Proto-Indo-European (2)

Danish (2)

Middle French (2)

Turkish (2)

Swedish (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

West Frisian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Old High German (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Istriot (1)

Mirandese (1)

Venetian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Aragonese (1)

Asturian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Czech (1)

Esperanto (1)

Greek (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Manx (1)

Ladin (1)

Volapük (1)

Yiddish (1)

Welsh (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)