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Where does “vierzehnjährig” come from?

vierzehnjährig (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.

vierzehnjährig (German): fourteen-year-old

Definitions

  1. fourteen-year-old

Ancestry of “vierzehnjährig”, step by step

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