Where does “åttende” come from?
åttende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse áttandi, from Proto-Germanic ahtudô — eighth.
åttende (Norwegian Bokmål): eighth
Ancestry of “åttende”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | áttandi | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ahtudô | eighth |