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Where does “ceithir” come from?

ceithir (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish cethair, from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

ceithir (Scottish Gaelic): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “ceithir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcethairfour
2Proto-Celtic*kʷetwores—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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