Where does “vijftiger” come from?

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

vijftiger (Dutch): a fiftysomething (person between 50 and 59 years old)

Definitions

  1. a fiftysomething (person between 50 and 59 years old)

Ancestry of “vijftiger”, step by step

vijftiger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vijftig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvijftigfifty
2Middle Dutchvijftichfifty
3Old Dutchfīftig—
4Proto-Germanicfimf tigiwizfifty

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf tigiwiz →Every word from Old Dutch fīftig →Every word from Middle Dutch vijftich →
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