ceathair
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈcahəɾʲ/, /ˈcæɾʲ/
numeral
Definitions
- four
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish cethair inherited from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwares (four), *kʷetwr̥es inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (four).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷetwóres
Gloss
four
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
四
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Petrocorii Latin
- quadrātus Latin
- quadrō Latin
- quater Latin
- quattuor Latin
- quārtus Latin
- τέσσαρες Ancient Greek
- τέτταρες Ancient Greek
- τετράς Ancient Greek
- *ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷetwóres Proto-Indo-European
- *fedwōr Proto-Germanic
- *feþur- Proto-Germanic
- चतुर Sanskrit
- चतुर् Sanskrit
- ceanncheathrú Irish
- ceathrú Irish
- ceathrúil Irish
- *četyre Proto-Slavic
- չորք Old Armenian
- quar Ido
- cethair Old Irish
- cethramad Old Irish
- cethrar Old Irish
- ceithir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kiare Manx
- *kʷetesres Proto-Celtic
- *kʷetwares Proto-Celtic
- *kʷetwr̥es Proto-Celtic
- *čatwā́ras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kʷettwōr Proto-Italic
- pevar Breton
- *ketur- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *pedwar Proto-Brythonic
- śwerppewä Tocharian B
- *kʷétwores Proto-Hellenic
- *ś(ä)twer Proto-Tocharian
- keturjāi Old Prussian
- 𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌓 Umbrian
- *kʷtwr̥- Proto-Armenian
- petranioi Lusitanian