fimtán
Old Norse
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Alternative forms
- fimmtán
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Compare Old Saxon fīftein, Old Frisian fīftīne, Old English fīftīene, Old High German fimfzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun).
Numeral
fimtán (ordinal fimtándi)
- fifteen
Descendants
- Icelandic: fimmtán
- Faroese: fimtan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: femten
- Norwegian Bokmål: femten
- Swedish: femton
- Danish: femten
References
- fimtán in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.