fiftenthe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ffiftenþe, ffyfftenþe, fifteneth, fiftenþe fiftend, fijftend (Northern); fyftend (Early Scots); fiftende (Ormulum) === Etymology === A remodelling of fiftethe (Old English fīftēoþa) on the basis of tenthe (“tenth”); by surface analysis, fiftene (“fifteen”) +‎ -the (ordinal suffix). For Northern Middle English forms with /d/, compare Old Norse fimmtándi, fimmtjándi. fīftēoþa is from Proto-West Germanic *fimftō tehundō, itself from Proto-Germanic *fimftô tehundô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiftɛnð(ə)/, /ˈfifˌteːnð(ə)/, /ˈfiːf-/, /-θ(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈfiftɛnd/, /ˈfifˌteːnd/ (Northern) === Adjective === fiftenthe fifteenth Synonym: fiftethe ==== Descendants ==== English: fifteenth Middle Scots: fifteint, fyfteint Scots: fifteent === Noun === fiftenthe One of fifteen parts of a whole; a fifteenth. (music, specifically) A fifteenth (interval comprising two octaves) ==== Descendants ==== English: fifteenth Middle Scots: fifteint, fyfteint Scots: fifteent === References === “fī̆f-tẹ̄̆nthe, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “fī̆f-tẹ̄nde, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “(fiftende,) fyftend(e,, a.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.