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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimftehun →