Where does “femten” come from?

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

femten (Norwegian Nynorsk): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “femten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfemtenfifteen
2Danishfemtenfifteen
3Old Norsefimmtánfifteen
4Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-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 →