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Where does “veertig” come from?

veertig (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch veertig, from Middle Dutch viertich, from Old Dutch viertig, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz — forty.

veertig (Afrikaans): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “veertig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchveertigforty
2Middle Dutchviertichforty
3Old Dutchviertig—
4Proto-Germanicfedwōr tigiwizforty
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