Where does “klockan fyra” come from?

klockan fyra (Swedish) comes from Swedish fyra, from Old Swedish fiurir, from Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

klockan fyra (Swedish): at four o'clock

Definitions

  1. at four o'clock

Ancestry of “klockan fyra”, step by step

klockan fyra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish fyra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfyrafour; four; the digit "4"; fourth-grader; pupil...
2Old Swedishfiurirfour
3Old Norsefjórirfour
4Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Swedish klockan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklockan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-