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Where does “fjórtán” come from?

fjórtán (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse fjórtán, from Proto-Germanic fedurtehun, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

fjórtán (Icelandic): fourteen; the cardinal number after þrettán and...

Definitions

  1. fourteen; the cardinal number after þrettán and...

Ancestry of “fjórtán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjórtánfourteen
2Proto-Germanicfedurtehunfourteen
3Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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