Where does “četvrtfinale” come from?

četvrtfinale (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketwirtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós — fourth.

četvrtfinale (Serbo-Croatian): quarter-finals

Definitions

  1. quarter-finals

Ancestry of “četvrtfinale”, step by step

četvrtfinale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ

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

via Serbo-Croatian finále

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianfinálefinale
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketwirtas →Every word from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ →