Etymograph

English

fillér

Fillér comes from Hungarian fillér ‘a subdenomination of the forint’, from German Vierer ‘something with the number four’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwṓrreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fedwōr‘four’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*feuwar‘four’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050fior‘four’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vier
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘four’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentVierer‘something with the number four’
  8. Hungarianmodernfillér‘a subdenomination of the forint’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwṓrreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fedwōr‘four’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*feuwar‘four’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050fior‘four’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vier
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘four’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentVierer‘something with the number four’
  8. Hungarianmodernfillér‘a subdenomination of the forint’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

square, squad, quadrant, quadruple, cadre, quadratic, quadra, 28 more

through Proto-West Germanic *feuwar ‘four’

four, 3 more

Today it means

noun A subdenomination of the forint, 100 fillér = 1 forint; only used in calculations since 2000 due to inflation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr / fillér

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