Where does “vünfzehn” come from?

vünfzehn (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fimfzehan, from Proto-Germanic fimftehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

Ancestry of “vünfzehn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfimfzehan—
2Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “vünfzehn”

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