Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷetwares

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From earlier *kʷetwr̥es, from the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

**Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : kʷetwares Ordinal* : *kʷetwariyos

*kʷetwares (feminine *kʷetesres)

four

Descendants

Brythonic: *pedwar
- Old Breton: petguar
  - Middle Breton: peuar
    - Breton: pewar
- Cornish: peswar, peder
- Old Welsh: petguar
  - Middle Welsh: pedwar
    - Welsh: pedwar
Old Irish: cethair, cetheoir f
- Irish: ceathair
- Manx: kiare
- Scottish Gaelic: ceithir