Where does “fifti” come from?
fifti (Tok Pisin) comes from English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic fimf tigiwiz — fifty.
fifti (Tok Pisin): fifty
Ancestry of “fifti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fifty | The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine... |
| 2 | Old English | fīftiġ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fimf tigiwiz | fifty |