Where does “ceathair” come from?

ceathair (Irish) comes from Old Irish cethair, from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

ceathair (Irish): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “ceathair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcethairfour
2Proto-Celtic*kʷetworesfour
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “ceathair”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores →