Where does “vierzehnfach” come from?

vierzehnfach (German) comes from German vierzehn, from Middle High German vierzehen, from Old High German fiorzehan, from Proto-Germanic fedurtehun, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

vierzehnfach (German): fourteenfold

Definitions

  1. fourteenfold

Ancestry of “vierzehnfach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvierzehnfourteen
2Middle High Germanvierzehen—
3Old High Germanfiorzehan—
4Proto-Germanicfedurtehunfourteen
5Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “vierzehnfach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr →