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Created page with "==Folksprak== ===Etymology=== From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from pre-Grimm *petwṓr, with an irregular consonant change from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. The consonant change was probably caused by the influence of the *p- in the word for "five", *pénkʷe. The expected outcome would have been **hwedwōr. Cognates German/Dutch ''vier'', Yiddish פֿיר, Swedish ''fyra'', Norwegian ''fire'', English ''four'' ===Pronunciation===..." |
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Folksprak
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from pre-Grimm *petwṓr, with an irregular consonant change from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. The consonant change was probably caused by the influence of the *p- in the word for "five", *pénkʷe. The expected outcome would have been **hwedwōr.
Cognates German/Dutch vier, Yiddish פֿיר, Swedish fyra, Norwegian fire, English four
Pronunciation
(Folksprak) IPA: /'fiːr/
Noun
ᚠᛁᚱ (fir)
- four, integer more than three and less than five
(Swadesh #25)
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