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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fedurþô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tHo-, from *kʷetwóres. An ordinal to *fedwōr (“four”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸe.ður.θɔːː/
Adjective
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *fedwōr Ordinal : *fedurþô Multiplier : *feþurfalþaz Prefix : *feþur- | ||
*fedurþô
- fourth
Inflection
Declension of *fedurþô (an/īn-stem)
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fedurþô | *fedurþaniz | *fedurþį̄ | *fedurþīniz | *fedurþô | *fedurþōnō |
| Accusative | *fedurþanų | *fedurþanunz | *fedurþīnų | *fedurþīnunz | *fedurþô | *fedurþōnō |
| Genitive | *fedurþiniz | *fedurþanǫ̂ | *fedurþīniz | *fedurþīnǫ̂ | *fedurþiniz | *fedurþanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *fedurþini | *fedurþammaz | *fedurþīni | *fedurþīmaz | *fedurþini | *fedurþammaz |
| Instrumental | *fedurþinē | *fedurþammiz | *fedurþīnē | *fedurþīmiz | *fedurþinē | *fedurþammiz |
Derived terms
- *fedurþungaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *feurþō
- Old English: fēorþa, fēorða, fēowerþa
- Middle English: feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe, ferthe, fourthe, ferþe, fourþe, feurþe, fourte, ferth, fferth, fourth, fourt, verþe, firþe, firthe, fuyrthe; feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe; IIII{{sup|th}}
- English: fourth
- Scots: fourt
- Yola: vourthe
- Middle English: feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe, ferthe, fourthe, ferþe, fourþe, feurþe, fourte, ferth, fferth, fourth, fourt, verþe, firþe, firthe, fuyrthe; feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe; IIII{{sup|th}}
- Old Frisian: fiārda
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: fjuard
- Helgoland: fear
- Sylt: fjåårt
- Saterland Frisian: fjädde, fjoode
- West Frisian: fjirde
- North Frisian:
- Old Saxon: fiortho
- Middle Low German: vêrde
- Dutch Low Saxon: veerte
- German Low German: feerde, feerd
- Middle Low German: vêrde
- Old Dutch: *fiortho
- Middle Dutch: vierde
- Dutch: vierde
- Afrikaans: vierde
- Negerhollands: veerde, vierde, firrde
- Limburgish: veerdje
- Dutch: vierde
- Middle Dutch: vierde
- Old High German: fiordo
- Middle High German: vierde, vierte
- Cimbrian: viarte
- German: vierte
- Luxembourgish: véiert
- Yiddish: פֿערט (fert)
- Middle High German: vierde, vierte
- Old English: fēorþa, fēorða, fēowerþa
- Old Norse: fjórði
- Icelandic: fjórði
- Faroese: fjórði
- Norwegian: fjerde
- Old Swedish: fiarþi, fiærþi
- Swedish: fjärde
- Danish: fjerde
- Westrobothnian: fjöörn
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “fewurþ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 139