Where does “czterosuw” come from?

czterosuw (Polish) comes from Polish cztery, from Proto-Slavic *četỳre, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketures, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

czterosuw (Polish): four-stroke engine

Definitions

  1. four-stroke engine

Ancestry of “czterosuw”, step by step

czterosuw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish cztery

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishczteryfour
2Proto-Slavic*četỳrefour
3Proto-Balto-Slavicketuresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Polish suw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishsuwstroke of a piston
2Polishsuwaćto push, to shove
3Proto-Slavicsovatito shove
4Proto-Balto-Slavicśauˀ-—

Words derived from “czterosuw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketures →