Where does “fjorten” come from?

fjorten (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish fjorten, from Old Norse fjórtán, from Proto-Germanic fedurtehun, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

fjorten (Norwegian Bokmål): fourteen

Definitions

  1. fourteen

Ancestry of “fjorten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfjortenfourteen
2Old Norsefjórtánfourteen
3Proto-Germanicfedurtehunfourteen
4Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “fjorten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr →