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Where does “sextán” come from?

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

sextán (Icelandic): sixteen; the cardinal number after fimmtán and...

Definitions

  1. sixteen; the cardinal number after fimmtán and...

Ancestry of “sextán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesextánsixteen
2Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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