Where does “fjerdekvar” come from?

fjerdekvar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kvar, from Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic hwar, from Proto-Germanic hwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

fjerdekvar (Norwegian Nynorsk): every fourth

Definitions

  1. every fourth

Ancestry of “fjerdekvar”, step by step

fjerdekvar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk kvar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskkvarwhere; each; every
2Old Norsehvarwhere
3Proto-Germanichwarwhere, in what place
4Proto-Germanichwēr—
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

via Norwegian Nynorsk fjerde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfjerdefourth
2Old Norsefjórðifourth
3Proto-Germanicfedurþôfourth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwar →