Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pedwar

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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pedwar

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷetwares, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛdˈwaːr/

Numeral

Proto-Brythonic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *pedwar     Ordinal : *pėdwėrɨð

*pedwar (feminine *pedeir)

1. four

Descendants

• Old Breton: petguar
  • Middle Breton: peuar
    • Breton: pewar
• Cornish: peswar, peder
• Old Welsh: petguar
  • Middle Welsh: pedwar
    • Welsh: pedwar