Where does “fyrtioårig” come from?

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

fyrtioårig (Swedish): forty-year-old

Definitions

  1. forty-year-old

Ancestry of “fyrtioårig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfyrtioforty; 40 in Arabic numerals
2Old Norsefjórutigiforty
3Proto-Germanicfedwōr tigiwizforty
Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz →Every word from Old Norse fjórutigi →Every word from Swedish fyrtio →