fimmtán

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Icelandic

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Icelandic cardinal numbers
 <  14 15 16  > 
    Cardinal : fimmtán
    Ordinal : fimmtándi

Etymology

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From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.

Numeral

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fimmtán

  1. fifteen; the cardinal number after fjórtán and before sextán.
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Old Norse

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Old Norse numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  14 15 16  → 
    Cardinal: fimmtán, fimtán
    Ordinal: fimmtándi, fimtándi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Compare Old Saxon fīftein, Old Frisian fīftīne, Old English fīftīene, Old High German fimfzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun).

Numeral

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fimmtán

  1. (cardinal number) fifteen

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fimmtán
  • Faroese: fimtan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femten
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femten
  • Swedish: femton
  • Danish: femten

References

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