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Where does “femten” come from?

femten (Danish) comes from Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic fimftehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

femten (Danish): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “femten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefimmtánfifteen
2Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “femten”

  • femtosecond
  • femtomole
  • femtomolar
  • femtoliter
  • femtogram
  • femtometer
  • subfemtosecond
  • femtometre
  • femtoplankton
  • femtofarad
  • femtolitre
  • femtojoule
  • femtoampere
  • femtokatal
  • femto-
  • femtobel
  • femtocaching
  • femtoengineering
  • subfemtomolar
  • femtoscopic
  • femtomagnetism
  • femtocell
  • femtoscopy
  • femtolensing
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