Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/kʷétwores

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

**Proto-Hellenic numbers ^(edit)**
	40
← 3	4	5 →
Cardinal: kʷétwores Ordinal: kʷétwərtos

Etymology

From earlier Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).^[1]

Numeral

*kʷétwores

four

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Ancient Greek: τέσσαρες (téssares), τέτταρες (téttares)
- Greek: τέσσερις (tésseris)
Mycenaean Greek: 𐀤𐀵𐀫 (qe-to-ro)^[2]

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέσσαρες, -α”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1471-2
^ Mycenaean Greek Word List

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέσσαρες, -α”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1471-2

[2] Mycenaean Greek Word List

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