fourtene

Middle English

**Middle English numbers ^(edit)**
← 13	14	15 →
Cardinal: fourtene

Alternative forms

ffortene, ffourtene, fourten, fourtiene, fowretene, fowrten, fowrtene

Etymology

From Anglian Old English fēowertēne (compare West Saxon fēowertīene), from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun; equivalent to four +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔu̯rteːn(ə)/

Numeral

fourtene

fourteen

Derived terms

fourtenyght

Descendants

English: fourteen
Scots: fowerteen
Yola: vourteen

References

“four-tẹ̄ne, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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