- romanized: tetra-, lit. 'four', the
combining form of the
numeral τέτταρες (
tettares); from
Ancient Gr****: -ποδ-, romanized: -pod-, the
combining form of πούς...
- hen)
protos two
second duo
deuteros three third treis tritos four
fourth tettares tetartos five
fifth pente pemptos six
sixth hex h****s
seven seventh hepta...
-
Ionic tt — Cycladean/Anatolian
Ionic and
Koine ss. PIE *kwetwores →
Attic tettares — East
Ionic tesseres "four" (Latin quattuor) Proto-Gr**** and
Doric t before...
-
before e and i. PIE *kʷetwores → **** písures,
Boeotian péttares ~
Attic téttares,
Ionic tésseres,
Doric tétores "four"
Similarly PIE/PGk *gʷ
always became...
- treîs tráyas trēs *þrīz þreis trí *trьje erekʻ *tréyes four śtwar śtwer
téttares, téssares catvā́ras, catúras
quattuor *fedwōr fidwōr
cethair *četỳre čʻorkʻ...
- Indo-European by
comparing Latin quattuor quinque to the Gr****
cognates tettares pente (both 'four' 'five'). 'one' has at
least three proposed cognate sets:...
- accentuation, see
Ancient Gr****
accent § Doric.
Numeral tetores ~
Attic tettares,
Ionic tesseres "four".
Ordinal prātos ~ Attic–Ionic prōtos "first". Demonstrative...
- *kʷeturṓn (> Myc. qe-to-ro-we /kʷétroːwes/ "four-eared"; Att. τέτταρες,
téttares; Ion. τέσσερες, tésseres; Boeot. πέτταρες, péttares; Thess. πίτταρες, píttares;...
- /čahār, Osset. cyppar/cuppar,
Kashmiri tsor,
Kamviri što, Gk. τέτταρες
téttares, Lat. quattuor, Osc. petora, Roman. patru, Umbr. petor, ON fjórir, Goth...
- of
uncertain origin. They
mention the
possibility of a pre-Latin term
Těttare,
potentially connected to the Indo-European root teter- (commonly used...
