Where does “trettan” come from?
trettan (Faroese) comes from Old Norse þrettán, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
trettan (Faroese): thirteen, cardinal number after tólv and before...
Definitions
- thirteen, cardinal number after tólv and before...
Ancestry of “trettan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | þrettán | thirteen |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þritehun | thirteen |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |