Where does “czterolecie” come from?

czterolecie (Polish) comes from Polish łat, from Latvian lats, from Latvian Latvija, from Latvian latvis, from Latvian latuvis, from Latvian Latuva.

czterolecie (Polish): four-year-long period, quadrennium

Definitions

  1. four-year-long period, quadrennium

Ancestry of “czterolecie”, step by step

czterolecie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish łat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishłatlat
2Latvianlatslats monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014
3LatvianLatvijaLatvia
4Latvianlatvisa Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian...
5Latvianlatuvis—
6LatvianLatuva—

via Polish cztery

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishczteryfour
2Proto-Slavic*četỳrefour
3Proto-Balto-Slavicketuresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Latvian Latuva →Every word from Latvian latuvis →Every word from Latvian latvis →