Where does “tretten” come from?

tretten (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish tretten, from Old Norse þrettán, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

tretten (Norwegian Bokmål): thirteen; definite masculine singular of trette

Definitions

  1. thirteen; definite masculine singular of trette

Ancestry of “tretten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtrettenthirteen
2Old Norseþrettánthirteen
3Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “tretten”

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