- *kʷennos
pennos pen penn penn *kʷennos
ceann ceann kione "head" *kʷetwar-
petuar pedwar peswar pevar *kʷetwar-
ceathair ceithir kiare "four" *kʷenkʷe pempe...
- "four"; Kurd çwar OCS četyre "four" Lith keturì,
OPrus ketturei "four" Gaul
petuar[ios] "four" OIr ceth(a)ir (fem. cethēoir,
influenced by fem. tēoir "three")...
- the Proto-Indo-European *kʷ
phoneme becomes a new *p sound. Thus,
Gaulish petuar[ios],
Welsh pedwar "four", but Old
Irish cethair and
Latin quattuor. Insofar...
- Bath Caer
Baddon Aquae Sulis Roman Settlement Somerset City No
Brough Caer
Petuar Petuaria Parisi East
Riding of
Yorkshire Town No
Builth Wells Caer Peris...
- (f) tri, (?) tri, tair tri, teyr tri, teir 4 *petwares (m), *petesres (f)
petuar, (?) pedwar,
pedair peswar,
peder pevar,
peder 5 *pempe pimp pump pymp pemp...
- eile) 3rd tri[tios] (Welsh trydydd,
Breton trede, Old
Irish treide) 4th
petuar[ios] (Welsh pedwerydd,
Breton pevare) 5th
pinpetos (Welsh pumed, Breton...
- "four"; Kurd çwar OCS četyre "four" Lith keturì,
OPrus ketturei "four" Gaul
petuar[ios] "four" OIr ceth(a)ir (fem. cethēoir,
influenced by fem. tēoir "three")...
-
something like 'quarter' or 'fourth part',
incorporating the
archaic Brythonic *
petuar, 'four' (compare
modern Welsh pedwar). It was
founded in 70 AD and abandoned...
- kʷetwares "four" >
Irish ceathair,
Scottish Gaelic ceithir "four", but
Gaulish petuar[ios] "fourth",
Welsh pedwar "four", Old
Breton petguar >
Breton pevar "four"...
