Where does “fjorten” come from?

fjorten (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fjorten, 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 Nynorsk): fourteen

Definitions

  1. fourteen

Ancestry of “fjorten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfjortenfourteen
2Danishfjortenfourteen
3Old Norsefjórtánfourteen
4Proto-Germanicfedurtehunfourteen
5Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-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 →
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