Where does “nítjan” come from?

nítjan (Faroese) comes from Old Norse nítján, from Proto-Germanic newuntehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

nítjan (Faroese): nineteen, cardinal number after átjan and before...

Definitions

  1. nineteen, cardinal number after átjan and before...

Ancestry of “nítjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenítjánnineteen
2Proto-Germanicnewuntehunnineteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic newuntehun →
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