carillon (KAR-i-lon) noun
[From Late Latin quaternion, via Old French quarregnon (by fours), from the Indo-European root from which all these words derive, *kwetwer-*
Yes! I was waiting for this one. It explains why we,
russians have the word "chetyre" (transliterated), pronounced [che-'tyh-re],or even closer one "chetverka" (transliterated),pronounced [che-'tver-kah].Both mean - "4".
And the best of them is "chetverg" (transliterated), pronounced [che-'tverg] - the fourth day of the week! There is only one single letter for [ch] sound in Russian, and no [w] sound.


Viktor V. Trukov

Viktor V. Trukov