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Where does “ferthe” come from?

ferthe (Middle English) comes from Old English fēorþa, from Proto-West Germanic feurþō, from Proto-Germanic fedurþô — fourth.

ferthe (Middle English): fourth; One of four equal parts of a whole; a...

Definitions

  1. fourth; One of four equal parts of a whole; a...

Ancestry of “ferthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfēorþafourth
2Proto-West Germanicfeurþōfourth
3Proto-Germanicfedurþôfourth

Words derived from “ferthe”

  • fourth
  • Forth
  • fourthly
  • fourthness
  • Fourth Reich
  • fourthe
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