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| | In North and West Germanic, the form lost its -d- and became *''fewōr'', *''feur'', from which the attested forms are descended. In Old Norse, this would have given *''fjór'', but plural adjective endings were then added to this form. | | In North and West Germanic, the form lost its -d- and became *''fewōr'', *''feur'', from which the attested forms are descended. In Old Norse, this would have given *''fjór'', but plural adjective endings were then added to this form. |
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| − | * Old English: {{l|ang|feower|fēower}} | + | * West Germanic: |
| − | ** Scots: {{l|sco|fower}} | + | ** Old English: {{l|ang|feower|fēower}} |
| − | ** English: {{l|en|four}} | + | *** Scots: {{l|sco|fower}} |
| − | * Old Frisian: {{l|ofs|fjuwer|fiūwer}} | + | *** English: {{l|en|four}} |
| − | ** West Frisian: {{l|fy|fjouwer}} | + | ** Old Frisian: {{l|ofs|fjuwer|fiūwer}} |
| − | * Old Saxon: {{l|osx|fiuwar}} | + | *** West Frisian: {{l|fy|fjouwer}} |
| − | ** Low German: {{l|nds|fer}}, {{l|nds|feir}} | + | ** Old Saxon: {{l|osx|fiuwar}} |
| − | * Old Dutch: *fior | + | *** Low German: {{l|nds|fer}}, {{l|nds|feir}} |
| − | ** Middle Dutch: {{l|dum|vier}} | + | ** Old Dutch: *fior |
| − | *** Dutch: {{l|nl|vier}} | + | *** Middle Dutch: {{l|dum|vier}} |
| − | * Old High German: {{l|goh|fior}} | + | **** Dutch: {{l|nl|vier}} |
| − | ** German: {{l|de|vier}} | + | ** Old High German: {{l|goh|fior}} |
| − | ** Yiddish: {{l|yi|פֿיר|tr=fir}} | + | *** German: {{l|de|vier}} |
| − | * Old Norse: {{l|non|fjórir}} | + | *** Yiddish: {{l|yi|פֿיר|tr=fir}} |
| − | ** Icelandic: {{l|is|fjórir}} | + | * North Germanic: |
| − | ** Faroese: {{l|fo|fýra}} | + | ** Old Norse: {{l|non|fjórir}} |
| − | ** Norwegian: {{l|no|fire}} | + | *** Icelandic: {{l|is|fjórir}} |
| − | ** Swedish: {{l|sv|fyra}} | + | *** Faroese: {{l|fo|fýra}} |
| − | ** Danish: {{l|da|fire}} | + | *** Norwegian: {{l|no|fire}} |
| | + | *** Swedish: {{l|sv|fyra}} |
| | + | *** Danish: {{l|da|fire}} |
| | * East Germanic: | | * East Germanic: |
| | ** Gothic: {{l|got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂|tr=fidwor}} | | ** Gothic: {{l|got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂|tr=fidwor}} |
