Where does “fimftehun” come from?

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

fimftehun (Proto-Germanic): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “fimftehun”, step by step

fimftehun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic tehun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictehunten
2Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Proto-Germanic fimf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfimffive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “fimftehun”

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