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Where does “halvtredser” come from?

halvtredser (Danish) comes from Danish halvtreds, from Danish halvtredsindstyve, from Danish halvtredje, from Norwegian Bokmål tredje, from Old Norse þriði, from Proto-Germanic þridjô, from Proto-Indo-European tretyós, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós — three.

halvtredser (Danish): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “halvtredser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhalvtredsfifty
2Danishhalvtredsindstyvefifty
3Danishhalvtredjetwo and a half
4Norwegian Bokmåltredjethird
5Old Norseþriðithird
6Proto-Germanicþridjôthird
7Proto-Indo-Europeantretyós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥tyósthird
9Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
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