Where does “fyrætiughæ” come from?
fyrætiughæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
fyrætiughæ (Old Danish): forty
Ancestry of “fyrætiughæ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | fjórir | four |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fedwōr | four |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |