Where does “þrítugur” come from?

þrítugur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tugur, from Old Norse tigr, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

þrítugur (Icelandic): thirty years old; thirty, tricenarian

Definitions

  1. thirty years old; thirty, tricenarian

Ancestry of “þrítugur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictugura group of ten
2Old Norsetigrgroup of ten
3Proto-Germanic*teguz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *teguz →Every word from Old Norse tigr →Every word from Icelandic tugur →