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Where does “чацвёрты” come from?

чацвёрты (Belarusian) comes from Old East Slavic четвьртъ, from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketwirtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós.

чацвёрты (Belarusian): fourth

Definitions

  1. fourth

Ancestry of “чацвёрты”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicчетвьртъfourth
2Proto-Slavicčetvьrtъfourth
3Proto-Balto-Slavicketwirtasfourth
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥tós—
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