Latin quattuor continues the Proto-Indo-European four numeral through Italic sound change.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
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quattuor
four
OPEN NODE 47 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · c. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwóres
four
OPEN NODE 48 ↗01
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EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The numeral meaning remains four.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
Comparative Indo-European lexicography
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European Worldnumeral system
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Comparative Indo-European reconstruction.
Logeion: quattuorquattuor
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Latin numeral evidence.
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