Where does “tvítugur” come from?

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

tvítugur (Icelandic): twenty years old; twenty, vicenarian

Definitions

  1. twenty years old; twenty, vicenarian

Ancestry of “tvítugur”, 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 →