köken: From Middle High German vierzehen, from Old High German fiorzehan, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Equivalent to vier + zehn. Compare Dutch veertien, West Frisian fjirtjin, English fourteen, Danish fjorten, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fidwōrtaihun).
köken: From Middle Dutch viertien, veertien, from Old Dutch *viurtēn, *viurtien, *fiortian, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Compare German vierzehn, West Frisian fjirtjin, English fourteen, Danish fjorten.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *čьtyre na desęte Polish czternaście Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьtyre na desęte. By surface analysis, cztery (“four”) + -naście (“-teen”).
köken: Inherited from Old Hindi चौदह (caudaha), from Apabhramsa चउद्दह (caüddaha), from Sauraseni Prakrit चउद्दस (caüddasa), from Sanskrit चतुर्दश (cáturdaśa). Cognate with Punjabi ਚੌਦਾਂ (caudā̃), Bengali চোদ্দ (cōddo), Nepali चौध (caudh), Marathi चौदा (caudā), and Gujarati ચૌદ (caud).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr Latin quattuor Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin quattuordecim From quattuor (“four”) + decem (“ten”).