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Where does “štyri” come from?

štyri (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic *četỳre, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketures, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

štyri (Upper Sorbian): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “štyri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*četỳre—
2Proto-Balto-Slavicketures—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →