Where does “vijftien” come from?

vijftien (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vijftien, from Old Dutch vīftēn, from Proto-Germanic fimftehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

vijftien (Dutch): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “vijftien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvijftien—
2Old Dutchvīftēn—
3Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “vijftien”

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