áttján
Old Norse
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Alternative forms
- átján (younger)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Compare Old English eahtatīene, Old High German ahtozehan, Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (ahtautaihun).
Numeral
áttján (ordinal áttjándi)
- eighteen
Descendants
- Icelandic: átján
- Faroese: átjan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: atten
- Norwegian Bokmål: atten
- Swedish: arton, aderton
- Danish: atten
References
- áttján in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.