Where does “vier” come from?

vier (German) comes from Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic feuwar, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

vier (German): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “vier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvier—
2Old High Germanfiorfour
3Proto-West Germanicfeuwarfour
4Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “vier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →