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Where does “četvrt” come from?

četvrt (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic četvьrtь, from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketwirtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós.

četvrt (Serbo-Croatian): quarter

Definitions

  1. quarter

Ancestry of “četvrt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčetvьrtь—
2Proto-Slavicčetvьrtъfourth
3Proto-Balto-Slavicketwirtasfourth
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥tós—
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