Where does “tretten” come from?

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

tretten (Norwegian Nynorsk): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “tretten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltrettenthirteen; definite masculine singular of trette
2Danishtrettenthirteen
3Old Norseþrettánthirteen
4Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-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 →