Where does “fīftīene” come from?

fīftīene (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fimftehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

fīftīene (Old English): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “fīftīene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
2Proto-Germanictehunten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “fīftīene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimftehun →
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