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Where does “feowertiene” come from?

feowertiene (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fedurtehun, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

Ancestry of “feowertiene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfedurtehunfourteen
2Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “feowertiene”

  • fourteen
  • fourteener
  • fourteenpence
  • fourteenfold
  • fourteenpenny
  • fourteenness
  • fourteenish
  • フォーティーン
  • fourtene
  • fotin
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