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
Ancestry of “fimmtán”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | fimftehun | fifteen |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |
Words derived from “fimmtán”