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numeral förjateista
[førjateista]* 
fourteen
(14)
 European
 ⤷ Not dialect specific
  ⤷ Neutral
Source Language: Indo-European and Finnish
Etymology
Draws its origin from Indo-European "*kʷetwóres" which means "Four"(4)
Notes
Evolution of the word : *kʷetwóres
→ The combinaison <kʷ> [kʷ] became <kw> [kw]
→ Lenition of the ""second"" <w> into <w> [β] then <w> [v] finally, devoicing of <w> [v] into <f> [f]
→ The <ó> became <ö> [ø]
→ The second <e> became <ë> [ɛ] then <a> [a], finally <a> [a] became <ja> [ja]
→ Fall of the letter <s> [s]

Until then : Kwetførja
→ Apheresis of <Kwetförja> [kwetførja] into <Förja> [førja]
→ Add of "teist(a)".

Note : "Teist(a)" come from Finnish "Toista" and is likened to "Teist" in Estonian, and this affixe it's used to mark the numbers between 10 and 20 [10 and 20 excluded].
* Pronunciation of this word was estimated based on phonology/orthography
↺ 5 May 2019, 04:01

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 fourteen (14)numeralkwetteista
Homonyms (0)
No known homonyms.
Conlang translations
Natural translations
Italian (Italiano)quattordici
Latin (Lingua latīna)quattuordĕcim
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