Where does “seksten” come from?

seksten (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish seksten, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

seksten (Norwegian Bokmål): sixteen; definite singular of sekst

Definitions

  1. sixteen; definite singular of sekst

Ancestry of “seksten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsekstensixteen
2Old Norsesextánsixteen
3Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “seksten”

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