Where does “vijftig” come from?

vijftig (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vijftich, from Old Dutch fīftig, from Proto-Germanic fimf tigiwiz — fifty.

vijftig (Dutch): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “vijftig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvijftichfifty
2Old Dutchfīftig—
3Proto-Germanicfimf tigiwizfifty

Words derived from “vijftig”

Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf tigiwiz →Every word from Old Dutch fīftig →Every word from Middle Dutch vijftich →