Where does “førti” come from?

førti (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse fjórir tigir, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz — forty.

førti (Norwegian Bokmål): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “førti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjórir tigirforty
2Proto-Germanicfedwōr tigiwizforty

Words derived from “førti

Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwizEvery word from Old Norse fjórir tigir