Where does “keturiasdešimt” come from?
keturiasdešimt (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian keturi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketures, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
keturiasdešimt (Lithuanian): forty
Ancestry of “keturiasdešimt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | keturi | four |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ketures | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |