Where does “sautján” come from?

sautján (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse sjaután, from Proto-Germanic sebuntehun, from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

sautján (Icelandic): seventeen; the cardinal number after sextán and...

Definitions

  1. seventeen; the cardinal number after sextán and...

Ancestry of “sautján”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesjautánseventeen
2Proto-Germanicsebuntehunseventeen
3Proto-Germanicsebunseven
4Proto-Germanicsebunt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥Every word from Proto-Germanic sebuntEvery word from Proto-Germanic sebun