FOUR

The magnitude of different forms prove that people who adopted the Indo-European language could not pronounce properly the difficult original word for the number four.

KET-

Lithuanian: keturi

Old Prussian: keturjāi

Thracian: ketri-

Lithuanian: ketvirtas, ketvirta ("fourth")

ČET-

Old Church Slavonic: четꙑре ⱍⰵⱅⱏⰺⱃⰵ (četyre)

Bulgarian: че́тири (čétiri)

Macedonian: четири (četiri)

Russian: четы́ре (četýre)

Serbo-Croatian: чѐтири, čètiri

Latvian: četri

Latvian: ceturtais, ceturtā ("fourth")

Bulgarian: четвърти (četvǎrti) ("fourth")

Zazaki: çehar

CIT-

Polabian: citĕr

ČT-

Czech: čtyři

Polish: cztery

Old Polish: cztwarty ("fourth")

TET-

Lycian: teteri

Sudovian: tetur

Ancient Greek: τέτταρες (téttares)

TES-

Ancient Greek: τέσσαρες (téssares)

Greek: τέσσερις (tésseris)

ČVA-

Polish: czwarty, czwarta ("fourth")

Chorasmian: cfʾr (cfar)

CUA-

Kurdish: چوار‎ (çwar)

KUA-

Latin: quattuor

Corsican: quattru

Dalmatian: quater, quatar, kuatri, quattro

Emilian: quâter

Franco-Provençal: quatro

French: quatuor

Istriot: quatro

Ligurian: quattro

Lombard: quatar, quater, quasar

Navarro-Aragonese: quatro

Aragonese: quatre, quatro

Neapolitan: quatto

Old French: quatre

Middle French: quatre

French: quatre

English: quatre

Norman: quate, quatre, quat'

Picard: quate

Walloon: cwate

Italian: quattro

Old Leonese: quatro

Asturian: cuatro, cuatru, cuetru

Leonese: cuatru

Sardinian: quatru

Mirandese: quatro

Old Portuguese: quatro

Fala: cuatru

Friulian: cuatri

Portuguese: quatro

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kuatru

Indo-Portuguese: quátor

Kabuverdianu: kuátu

Kadiwéu: cwaatolo

Korlai Creole Portuguese: kwat

Kristang: kuatu

Papiamentu: kuater

Principense: kwatu

Sãotomense: kwatlu, kwatu

Old Occitan: quatre

Occitan: quatre, qüate

Old Catalan: quatre

Catalan: quatre

Old Spanish: quatro

Ladino: kuatro

Spanish: cuatro

Chavacano: kwatro

Palenquero: cuatro

Piedmontese: quatr

Romagnol: quatar

Romansch: quatter, quater

Sabir: quatr'

Sicilian: quattru

Tarantino: quatt

Venetian: quatro

Old Polish: kwatr ("four horse chariot")

KAT-

Albanian: katër

Antillean Creole: katr, kat

Guianese Creole: katr, kat

Karipúna Creole French: kat

Louisiana Creole French: kat

Seychellois Creole: kat

Tayo: katr

Galician: catro

Old Occitan: catre

CAT-

---> Malay: catur / chatur / چاتور‎

---> Indonesian: catur

---> Burmese: စတုတ္ထ (ca.tuthta.)

---> Thai: จัตวา (chatawaa)

Belarusian: чаты́ры (čatýry)

Sanskrit: चतुर्थ (caturtha) ("fourth")

Sanskrit: चतुर् (catur)

Sanskrit: चत्वारः (catvā́raḥ) (masc. pl.)

Avestan: caθβar (cathwar), caθβārō (cathwārō)

Maharastri Prakrit: cattāro, cattāri

Pali: cattāro

Sauraseni Prakrit: cattāro, cattāri

Ashokan Prakrit: catpāro

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: cattāro, cattāri

Sogdian: čatfār

Dalmatian: čatro

COT-

Ukrainian: чоти́ри (čotýry)

KIAR

Manx: kiare

KAR-

Old Armenian: քառ (kʿaṙ)

Old Irish: cethair, cetheoir (kahəɾ)

Irish: ceathair (kair, kahr)

Scottish Gaelic: ceithir

CAR-

Bengali: চার (car)

Gujarati: ચાર (cār)

Hindi: चार (cār)

Marathi: चार (cār)

Sindhi: چارِ‎ (cār)

Urdu: چار‎ (cār)

Baluchi: چار‎ (cár)

Kurdish: چار‎ (çar)

Nepali: चार (cāra)

Oriya: ଚାରି (cari)

Punjabi: ਚਾਰ (chār)

CAH-

Middle Persian: čahār

Persian: چهار‎ (čahâr)

Tajik: чаҳор (čahor)

COR-

Old Armenian: չորք (čʿorkʿ)

Armenian: չորս (čʿors)

Parachi: čōr

Tajik: чор (čor)

SAR-

Assamese: চাৰি (sari)

ŠTY- ŠTI-

Rusyn: шти́ри (štýry)

Slovak: štyria, štyri

Silesian: sztyry

Upper Sorbian: štyri

Lower Sorbian: styri, styrjo

Slovene: štírje, štíri

ŠTE-

Kashubian: szterë

Slovincian: štė̂řä

ŚTW-

Tocharian A: śtwar

Tocharian B: śtwer

SOF-

Bactrian: σοφαρο (sofaro)

FEO-

Old English: fēower

FEA-

Plautdietsch: vea

FEI-

Luxembourgish: véier

FOU-

Middle English: fower

Scots: fower

English: four

FIER

Middle Dutch: vier

Dutch: vier

Afrikaans: vier

Middle High German: vier

Alemannic German: vier

Central Franconian: vier

Hunsrik: fier

German: vier

Pennsylvania German: vier

Dutch Low Saxon: vier

East Westphalian: veier, fåir

FER-

Dutch Low Saxon: veer

German Low German: veer

Middle Low German: vêr

Münsterländisch: veer

FYR- FIR-

Vilamovian: fiyr

Old Swedish: fȳrir, fȳri

Old Danish: fyræ, firæ

Faroese: fýra

Elfdalian: fyra

Swedish: fyra

Norn: fyre

Norwegian: fire

Danish: fire

FID-

Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr)

Crimean Gothic: fyder

FIA-

Cimbrian: víare

Saterland Frisian: fjauer

FIO-

Old High German: fior

Old Saxon: fior

Old Norse: fjórir

Icelandic: fjórir

North Frisian: fjouer

West Frisian: fjouwer

FIU-

Old Frisian: fiūwer

Old Saxon: fiuwar, fiwar

Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri

Old Danish: fiuræ

PAT-

Romanian: patru

Aromanian: patru, paturu

Megleno-Romanian: patru

Istro-Romanian: påtru

PET- PED-

Oscan: 𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌕𐌉𐌖𐌓 (pettiur)

Umbrian: 𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌓 (petor)

Lusitanian: petranioi

Old Breton: petguar

Old Welsh: petguar

Middle Welsh: pedwar

Welsh: pedwar

PE-

Middle Breton: peuar

Breton: pewar

Cornish: peswar, peder

THI

Phrygian: διθυρ- (ditʰur-), θιδρα- (tʰidra-)

SAIR-

Sylheti: sair

BAT-

Sardinian: batero, bàtoro, batro, baturu

HAT-

Sinhalese: හතර (hatara)

TAF-

Yagnobi: тафор (tafór)

CAF- CAV-

Shughni: цавор (cavōr)

Manichaean: cfʾr (čafār)

CYP-

Ossetian: цыппар (cyppar)

CHAL-

Book Pahlavi: chʾl

SAL-

Pashto: څلور‎ (śalór)

Article created on the 19th of May 2019.