Where does “vorty” come from?

vorty (Yola) comes from Middle English fourty, from Old English fēowertiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar tigiwi — forty.

vorty (Yola): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “vorty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfourtyforty
2Old Englishfēowertiġforty
3Proto-West Germanic*feuwar tigiwiforty
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar tigiwi →Every word from Old English fēowertiġ →Every word from Middle English fourty →
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