Where does “četvrti” come from?

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

četvrti (Serbo-Croatian): fourth

Definitions

  1. fourth

Ancestry of “četvrti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčetvьrtъfourth
2Proto-Balto-Slavicketwirtasfourth
3Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥tósfourth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketwirtas →Every word from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ →