Where does “fiftin” come from?

fiftin (Tok Pisin) comes from English fifteen, from Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, from Proto-Germanic fimftehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

fiftin (Tok Pisin): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “fiftin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfifteenThe cardinal number occurring after fourteen and...
2Middle Englishfiftenefifteen
3Old Englishfīftīenefifteen
4Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimftehun →