*fedurþô
Runic: ᚠᛖᛞᚢᚱᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸe.ður.θɔːː/adjective · an/īn-stem
Meanings
fourth
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kwetwr̥-tós, from *kwetwóres, the ordinal of *fedwōr (‘four’). Szemerényi (1996) notes that PIE ordinals were originally thematic adjectives formed with *-o-from the cardinal and zero-grade of the preceding syllable. The *-o-became *-tó-by analogy with the word for “tenth”, *deḱm̥t-ó-s when it was reanalyzed as *deḱm̥-tó-s after the *-t was lost in the cardinal, *deḱm̥. Most of the ordinals became an/in-stems later in Proto-Germanic.
Declension
Strong declension
| Case | Sg. Masc. | Sg. Fem. | Sg. Neut. | Pl. Masc. | Pl. Fem. | Pl. Neut. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. | fedurþô | fedurþį̄ | fedurþô | fedurþaniz | fedurþīniz | fedurþōnō |
| Acc. | fedurþanų | fedurþīnų | fedurþô | fedurþanunz | fedurþīnunz | fedurþōnō |
| Gen. | fedurþiniz | fedurþīniz | fedurþiniz | fedurþanǫ̂ | fedurþīnǫ̂ | fedurþanǫ̂ |
| Dat. | fedurþini | fedurþīni | fedurþini | fedurþammaz | fedurþīmaz | fedurþammaz |
| Inst. | fedurþinē | fedurþīnē | fedurþinē | fedurþammiz | fedurþīmiz | fedurþammiz |
Weak declension
| Case | Sg. Masc. | Sg. Fem. | Sg. Neut. | Pl. Masc. | Pl. Fem. | Pl. Neut. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acc. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gen. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dat. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Inst. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Descendants
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*feurþō (Proto-West Germanic)
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*fiortho (Old Dutch)
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vierde (Middle Dutch)
- veerdje (Limburgish)
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vierde (Middle Dutch)
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*fiortho (Old Dutch)
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*feurþō (Proto-West Germanic)
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*fiortho (Old Dutch)
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vierde (Middle Dutch)
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vierde (Dutch)
- vierde (Afrikaans)
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vierde (Dutch)
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vierde (Middle Dutch)
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*fiortho (Old Dutch)
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*feurþō (Proto-West Germanic)
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fēorþa, fēorða, fēowerþa (Old English)
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feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe, ferthe, fourthe, ferþe, fourþe, feurþe, fourte, ferth, fferth, fourth, fourt, verþe, firþe, firthe, fuyrthe, IIIIᵗh (Middle English)
- fourth (English)
- fourt (Scots)
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feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe, ferthe, fourthe, ferþe, fourþe, feurþe, fourte, ferth, fferth, fourth, fourt, verþe, firþe, firthe, fuyrthe, IIIIᵗh (Middle English)
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fēorþa, fēorða, fēowerþa (Old English)
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*feurþō (Proto-West Germanic)
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fiārda (Old Frisian)
- fjädde, fjoode (Saterland Frisian)
- fjirde (West Frisian)
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fiārda (Old Frisian)
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*feurþō (Proto-West Germanic)
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fiordo (Old High German)
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vierde, vierte (Middle High German)
- vierte (German)
- véiert (Luxembourgish)
- פֿערט (fert) (Yiddish)
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vierde, vierte (Middle High German)
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fiordo (Old High German)
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*feurþō (Proto-West Germanic)
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fiortho (Old Saxon)
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vêrde (Middle Low German)
- veerte (Dutch Low Saxon)
- feerde, feerd (Low German)
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vêrde (Middle Low German)
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fiortho (Old Saxon)
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fjórði (Old Norse)
- fjórði (Faroese)
- fjórði (Icelandic)
- fjerde (Norwegian)
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fjórði (Old Norse)
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fiarthæ (Old Danish)
- fjerde (Danish)
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fiarthæ (Old Danish)
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fjórði (Old Norse)
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fiarþi, fiærþi (Old Swedish)
- fjärde (Swedish)
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fiarþi, fiærþi (Old Swedish)