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Where does “cztwierć” come from?

cztwierć (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic četvьrtь, from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketwirtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós.

Ancestry of “cztwierć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčetvьrtь—
2Proto-Slavicčetvьrtъfourth
3Proto-Balto-Slavicketwirtasfourth
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥tós—

Words derived from “cztwierć”

  • ćwierćnuta
  • ćwierć
  • ćwierćfinał
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