Where does “fiftene” come from?

fiftene (Middle English) comes from Old English fīftīene, from Proto-Germanic fimftehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

fiftene (Middle English): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “fiftene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfīftīenefifteen
2Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “fiftene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimftehun →