Contionary:ᚠᚣᚱ

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: /'fyːr/

Noun

ᚠᛁᚱ (fyr)

1. four, integer more than three and less than five

(Swadesh #25)

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