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- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fedurtehun
- Old English · inherited fromfēowertīene
- Middle English · inherited fromfourtene
- English todayfourteen
From Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Cognate with West Frisian fjirtjin, Dutch veertien, German vierzehn, Danish fjorten. Equivalent to four + -teen.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.