fjórutigi

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  30	40	50  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
	4
Cardinal: fjórir tigir, fjórutigi     Ordinal: fertugandi, fertugundi

Alternative forms

• fjórir tigir

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). Equivalent to fjórir +‎ -tigi.

Numeral

fjórutigi

1. (cardinal number) forty [with genitive ‘of something’]

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjörutíu
• Faroese: fjøruti
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førti
• Norwegian Bokmål: førti
• Old Swedish: fiūratighi
  • Swedish: fyrtio
• Danish: fyrretyve, fyrre
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: førr