Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čatwā́ras

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *čatwā́ras

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

*čatwā́ras m pl (feminine plural *čátasras, neuter plural *čatwā́r)

1. four

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćatwā́ras
  • Sanskrit: चतुर् (catur), चत्वारः (catvā́raḥ, m.pl.) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *čaθwā́rah (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *čatwā́ra
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: štó

      Kativiri: štëvó

    • Prasuni: čpu
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: ćatā́
    • Tregami: čatá
    • Waigali: čëta