Where does “femten” come from?

femten (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish femten, from Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic fimftehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

femten (Norwegian Bokmål): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “femten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfemtenfifteen
2Old Norsefimmtánfifteen
3Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “femten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimftehun →