Where does “sekstendel” come from?

sekstendel (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk seksten, 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.

sekstendel (Norwegian Nynorsk): a sixteenth

Definitions

  1. a sixteenth

Ancestry of “sekstendel”, step by step

sekstendel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk seksten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksekstensixteen; definite singular of sekst
2Norwegian Bokmålsekstensixteen; definite singular of sekst
3Danishsekstensixteen
4Old Norsesextánsixteen
5Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
6Proto-Germanictehunten
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Norwegian Nynorsk del

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskdelpart, portion, share
2Middle Low Germandēl—
3Old Saxondēlpart, share, portion
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstehun →