Where does “fiftari” come from?
fiftari (Finnish) comes from English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic fimf tigiwiz — fifty.
fiftari (Finnish): fifties-fan
Ancestry of “fiftari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fifty | The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine... |
| 2 | Old English | fīftiġ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fimf tigiwiz | fifty |