Where does “seksten” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. sixteen; definite singular of sekst

Ancestry of “seksten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsekstensixteen; definite singular of sekst
2Danishsekstensixteen
3Old Norsesextánsixteen
4Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-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 →