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Where does “fyrtio” come from?

fyrtio (Swedish) comes from Old Norse fjórutigi, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz — forty.

fyrtio (Swedish): forty; 40 in Arabic numerals

Definitions

  1. forty; 40 in Arabic numerals

Ancestry of “fyrtio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjórutigiforty
2Proto-Germanicfedwōr tigiwizforty
Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz →