Where does “veertig” come from?

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

veertig (Dutch): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “veertig”, step by step

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

Words derived from “veertig”

Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz →Every word from Old Dutch viertig →Every word from Middle Dutch viertich →