Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fedurþô

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tHo-, from *kʷetwóres. An ordinal to *fedwōr (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.ður.θɔːː/

Adjective

Proto-Germanic ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : *fedwōr     Ordinal : *fedurþô     Multiplier : *feþurfalþaz     Prefix : *feþur-

*fedurþô

1. fourth

Inflection

Declension of *fedurþô (an/īn-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fedurþô	*fedurþaniz	*fedurþį̄	*fedurþīniz	*fedurþô	*fedurþōnō
Accusative	*fedurþanų	*fedurþanunz	*fedurþīnų	*fedurþīnunz	*fedurþô	*fedurþōnō
Genitive	*fedurþiniz	*fedurþanǫ̂	*fedurþīniz	*fedurþīnǫ̂	*fedurþiniz	*fedurþanǫ̂
Dative	*fedurþini	*fedurþammaz	*fedurþīni	*fedurþīmaz	*fedurþini	*fedurþammaz
Instrumental	*fedurþinē	*fedurþammiz	*fedurþīnē	*fedurþīmiz	*fedurþinē	*fedurþammiz

Derived terms

• *fedurþungaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *feurþō
  • Old English: fēorþa, fēorða, fēowerþa
    • Middle English: feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe, ferthe, fourthe, ferþe, fourþe, feurþe, fourte, ferth, fferth, fourth, fourt, verþe, firþe, firthe, fuyrthe; feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe; IIII^th
      • English: fourth
      • Scots: fourt
      • Yola: vourthe
  • Old Frisian: fiārda
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: fjuard

      Helgoland: fear

      Sylt: fjåårt

    • Saterland Frisian: fjädde, fjoode
    • West Frisian: fjirde
  • Old Saxon: fiortho
    • Middle Low German: vêrde
      • Dutch Low Saxon: veerte
      • German Low German: feerde, feerd
  • Old Dutch: *fiortho
    • Middle Dutch: vierde
      • Dutch: vierde
        • Afrikaans: vierde
        • Negerhollands: veerde, vierde, firrde
      • Limburgish: veerdje
  • Old High German: fiordo
    • Middle High German: vierde, vierte
      • Cimbrian: viarte
      • German: vierte
      • Luxembourgish: véiert
      • Yiddish: פֿערט (fert)
• Old Norse: fjórði
  • Icelandic: fjórði
  • Faroese: fjórði
  • Norwegian: fjerde
  • Old Swedish: fiarþi, fiærþi
    • Swedish: fjärde
  • Danish: fjerde