Where does “चतुर्” come from?

चतुर् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

चतुर् (Sanskrit): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “चतुर्”, step by step

चतुर् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwā́ras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanćatwā́ras—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniančatwā́rasfour
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Proto-Indo-European kʷetwṓr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwṓr—

Words derived from “चतुर्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras →