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Where does “četvьrtъkъ” come from?

četvьrtъkъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketwirtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós.

četvьrtъkъ (Proto-Slavic): Thursday

Definitions

  1. Thursday

Ancestry of “četvьrtъkъ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “četvьrtъkъ”

  • четверг
  • čtvrtek
  • čtvrteční
  • четврток
  • štvrtok
  • četrtek
  • чацвер
  • štwórtk
  • czwôrtk
  • sztwortek
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