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Where does “fiūwer” come from?

fiūwer (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic feuwar, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

Ancestry of “fiūwer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fiūwer”

  • fjauer
  • schtjuur
  • fjauer
  • fjuur
  • fjouer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →