Where does “trettin” come from?

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

trettin (Norn): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “trettin”, 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 →