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
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Ancestry of “førti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | fjórir tigir | forty |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fedwōr tigiwiz | forty |