Where does “four” come from?

four (Middle English) comes from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic feuwar, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

four (Middle English): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “four”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfēowerfour
2Proto-West Germanicfeuwarfour
3Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “four”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →