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Where does “fiurir” come from?

fiurir (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

fiurir (Old Swedish): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “fiurir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjórirfour
2Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “fiurir”

  • fyrkanttinen
  • avfyra
  • fyra
  • fyrhörning
  • fyrkant
  • fyrkantig
  • fyrbent
  • fyrfaldig
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