Where does “þrettán” come from?

þrettán (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þrettán, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

þrettán (Icelandic): thirteen; the cardinal number after tólf and...

Definitions

  1. thirteen; the cardinal number after tólf and...

Ancestry of “þrettán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrettánthirteen
2Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic þritehun →