Where does “åttende” come from?

åttende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse áttandi, from Proto-Germanic ahtudô — eighth.

åttende (Norwegian Bokmål): eighth

Definitions

  1. eighth

Ancestry of “åttende”, step by step

åttende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse áttandi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseáttandi—
2Proto-Germanicahtudôeighth

via Old Norse áttjándi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseáttjándi—
Every word from Proto-Germanic ahtudô →Every word from Old Norse áttandi →