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Where does “ćwierćnuta” come from?

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

ćwierćnuta (Polish): crotchet, quarter note

Definitions

  1. crotchet, quarter note

Ancestry of “ćwierćnuta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishćwierćquarter; a quarter, a former Polish unit of...
2Proto-Slavicčetvьrtь—
3Proto-Slavicčetvьrtъfourth
4Proto-Balto-Slavicketwirtasfourth
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥tós—
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