Where does “kotra” come from?
kotra (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse kvátra, from Old French quatre, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.
kotra (Icelandic): backgammon; the side of a die which has four...
Definitions
- backgammon; the side of a die which has four...
Ancestry of “kotra”, step by step
kotra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse kvátra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | kvátra | — |
| 2 | Old French | quatre | four |
| 3 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 4 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 6 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Arabic كَثْرة
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | كَثْرة | — |