Where does “fjórir” come from?

fjórir (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

fjórir (Icelandic): four; the cardinal number after þrír and before...

Definitions

  1. four; the cardinal number after þrír and before...

Ancestry of “fjórir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjórirfour
2Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “fjórir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr →