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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictehunten
2Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “fimftehun”

  • fifteen
  • femtosecond
  • femtomole
  • femtomolar
  • fifteenfold
  • femtoliter
  • fifteenpence
  • femtogram
  • femtometer
  • subfemtosecond
  • fifteener
  • femtometre
  • femtoplankton
  • femtofarad
  • femtolitre
  • fifteenish
  • femtojoule
  • femtoampere
  • femtokatal
  • femto-
  • femtobel
  • femtocaching
  • femtoengineering
  • subfemtomolar
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