Where does “feōwer” come from?

feōwer (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

feōwer (Old English): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “feōwer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “feōwer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr →
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