Where does “fimmtán” come from?

fimmtán (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic fimftehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

fimmtán (Old Norse): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “fimmtán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfimftehunfifteen
2Proto-Germanictehunten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “fimmtán”

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